The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has reached staff-level agreements with the Gambian authorities on the fifth review of the country’s Extended Credit Facility (ECF) programme and the second review of its Resilience and Sustainability Facility (RSF), paving the way for additional financial support to help the country navigate mounting economic[Read More…]
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Cement Importers Gives Gov’t Thumbs Up Amid Resurgence Of Upheavals In Cement Market
The Cement Importers and Agents Association of The Gambia said the guild “is profoundly grateful and appreciative” of the Gambia government’s temporal removal of the D180 cement levy. The Barrow administration announced last December that it was lifting its D180 levy on a bag of cement, albeit temporarily. It could[Read More…]
Expert Says Gambians Bleeding From Monopoly Over HFO Supply To NAWEC
An expert in the electricity domain has told JollofNews that Gambians are paying more than necessary for electricity, saying citizens could pay less if the Gambia government leaves the Heavy Fuel Oil (HFO) supply business open for competition, adding that the monopoly “is hemorrhaging” the citizens. For nearly five years[Read More…]
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