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International Trade Centre
Source: International Trade Centre |

Gambia: $300,000 in business grants awarded to 18 women

The grants were made through the Jobs, Skills and Finance (JSF) Programme, a collaboration between ITC and UNCDF

Eighteen women have been awarded a total of US $300,000 in small business grants. Within three months, they have already invested in new equipment, expanded operations, and created jobs. As part of the programme, run by the International Trade Centre (ITC) and the UN Capital Development Fund (UNCDF), the entrepreneurs…

Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS)

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Source: Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) |

Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) organizes a Hybrid preparatory Meeting for Funding Support for the Operationalization of the ECOWAS Protection and Human Security Integrated Coordination Mechanisms (ECO-PHSICM)

The meetings were well attended and participants included ECOWAS Commission Staff, ECOWAS Resident Representatives in Liberia and The Gambia, Directors of NCCRMS in Liberia and Gambia and other personnel

The ECOWAS Commission organized Hybrid preparatory Meetings with Liberia and The Gambia from the 25th to the 28th of March 2024, towards Operationalization of the ECOWAS Protection and Human Security Integrated Coordination Mechanisms (ECO-PHSICM). Following the successful implementation of the In-Country High Level Advocacy, Coordination and Capacity Building of Multi-Stakeholders and Establishment…

Ministry of External Affairs - Government of India
Source: Ministry of External Affairs - Government of India |

Shri Dinkar Asthana concurrently accredited as the next High Commissioner of India to the Republic of the Gambia

He is expected to take up the assignment shortly

Shri Dinkar Asthana (IFS: 1990), presently Ambassador of India to the Republic of Senegal, has been concurrently accredited as the next High Commissioner of India to the Republic of The Gambia, with residence in Dakar. He is expected to take up the assignment shortly.

United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF)
Source: United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) |

United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) alarmed by proposed repeal of law banning Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) in The Gambia

Joint statement by UNICEF Representative in The Gambia, Nafisa Binte Shafique, and UNFPA Representative in The Gambia, Ndeye Rose Sarr

“As the debate over the proposed repeal of the law banning Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) intensifies, we are deeply concerned by the potential reversal of decades of work invested in protecting the rights and dignity of women and girls. “The proposed repeal of the ban on FGM, referred to as…

Amnesty International
Source: Amnesty International |

Gambia: Parliament must not lift the ban against female genital mutilation

Around 46% of girls aged 14 and younger have undergone female genital mutilation (FGM) in Gambia, according to UNICEF

Responding to the upcoming vote in Gambia’s parliament on 18 March on a bill to reverse the ban on female genital mutilation (FGM), Michèle Eken, senior researcher at Amnesty International’s West and Central Africa office, said:  “This bill would set a dangerous precedent for women’s rights and tarnish Gambia’s human…

The World Bank Group
Source: The World Bank Group |

World Bank Provides $92.71 Million Through The Gambia Resilience, Inclusion, Skills, and Equity Project (The Gambia RISE Project) to Enhance Economic and Educational Outcomes

The five-year, multi-sectoral project aims to improve how The Gambia builds, protects, and utilizes its human capital by improving education quality and access, enhancing access to employment opportunities, and expanding social protection for the most vulnerable

The World Bank's Board of Executive Directors has approved a $92.71 million financing for The Gambia Resilience, Inclusion, Skills, and Equity Project (The Gambia RISE Project), with $80.45 million from the International Development Association including $20.00 million from the Crisis Response Window Early Response Financing, and an additional $12.26 million…

Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS)
Source: Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) |

Regional meeting on Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) draft Report on the State of the Environment Climate and perspectives

The meeting brought together representatives of Member States, representatives of regional and international institutions (UEMOA, IUCN, WASCAL), the ECOWAS Staff and two external consultants

Regional meeting on ECOWAS draft Report on the State of the Environment Climate and perspectives The Department of Economic Affairs and Agriculture, through the Directorate of Environment and Natural Resources, organized the regional meeting on the draft report on the State of the Environment, Climate and prospects for ECOWAS, from March…

African Development Bank Group (AfDB)

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The Gambia: African Development Bank approves supplemental $16 million to boost agriculture and food security

With the funding providing additional support for inputs, productivity is expected to rise, with rice yields increasing from 2.0 to 2.5 tonnes per hectare (t/ha) and maize harvests reaching 2.0 t/ha from 1.8

The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank Group (www.AfDB.org), granted an additional $16.08 million on March 4, to The Gambia to bolster its ongoing Agriculture and Food Security Project (https://apo-opa.co/3wDCO3w), launched in 2021. GASFP (Global Agriculture and Food Security Project) (https://apo-opa.co/4a0uBFc), a multilateral financing platform dedicated to enhancing the…

Radisson Hotel Group

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Radisson Hotel Group targets 50% portfolio expansion in West and Central Africa by 2030

Within the past 12 months, the Group signed five new hotels, adding over 1,000 rooms to the region's portfolio

Radisson Hotel Group (https://www.RadissonHotels.com) is targeting a 50% expansion of its West and Central African portfolio, consisting of 29 hotels and over 5,000 rooms in operation and under development, building on the success of its expansion strategy in 2023. Within the past 12 months, the Group signed five new hotels, adding…

United Nations Capital Development Fund (UNCDF)
Source: United Nations Capital Development Fund (UNCDF) |

Discarded fertilizing materials give rise to an innovative company in the Gambia

In the Gambia, over 80% of the SME sector is either at the start-up or survival stages

Through a grant from the JSF Programme, Momar Taal realized his dream of creating a processing facility that sources produce from local farmers and packages it for regional distribution. The company is called Tropingo Foods, and it collects the best agricultural produce from the Gambia’s rich, fertile lands and sells…