The High Commissioner of the Organisation for the Development of the Gambia River (OMVG), Demba Jallow, has warned that climate change and environmental degradation are threatening vital West African river basins and the livelihoods of millions of people who depend on them. Speaking at a recent briefing, the High Commissioner[Read More…]
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Gambia Gov’t Puts Finishing Touches To Gamtel/Gamcel Privatisation Project
Following its failure to salvage Gamtel/Gamcel from financial doldrums and transform it into a profit-making entity, the Barrow administration is now at an advanced stage of privatising the majority shares of the company, JollofNews can authoritatively report. The Gambia’s finance and economic affairs minister Seedy Keita sometime this year admitted[Read More…]
Cement Importers Association Petitions Gambian Authorities
The Cement Importers and Agents Association of The Gambia has dispatched a petition to relevant Gambian authorities, appealing for a review of the government’s harmful and burdensome cement tariffs. The association in the petition expressed its “deep concern” about the hike of the duty on a bag of imported cement[Read More…]
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