Spreading out the benefits of a housing boom in Gambia

By Vincent Ogo The Gambia is experiencing a housing boom, but many people believe that real estate development in the country caters only for the rich, novae rich and Gambians in Diaspora.... Read more »

Lower Badibou residents call for end to water shortage

Residents of Lower Badibou in the North Bank Region have appealed to the National Water and Electricity Company (NAWEC) to solve the perennial problem of water shortage in communities in the area.... Read more »

Central Badibou NAM says gov’t should not politicise policies

The National Assembly Member for Central Badibou and Chairman of the Select Committee on Government Projects Monitoring has advised government not to politicise its policies, if it wants The Gambia to succeed.... Read more »

LRR women gardeners reap huge financial rewards, but lament constraints

Women gardeners in the Lower River Region (LRR) say they are reaping huge financial rewards from their agricultural activities, but lament that inadequate water supply and lack of storage facilities make their... Read more »

Banjul Port has only one lifter, no scanning machine

The Banjul Port has only one lifter and no scanning machine, The Progress Newspaper has gathered.  A source familiar with Gambia Ports Authority (GPA), the government agency responsible for the governance and... Read more »

What is happening to Gambia’s re-export trade?

For decades, re-export trade constituted a major segment of Gambia’s economic activity, with about 80 percent of Gambian merchandise exports consisting of re-exports to several countries in the West Africa sub-region. Relatively... Read more »

A common Cabotage regime could help accelerate integration in West Africa

By Pierre Mendy The proposed Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) sea link project, when operational, is expected to minimise the challenges associated with movement of goods and services in the... Read more »

Experts warn of multiple health risks associated with women applying tobacco powder in genitals

Experts have warned of the implications and multiple health risks associated with women applying tobacco powder in their genitals. The ‘miracle recipe’ as it is called in many parts of Africa, is... Read more »

‘NAMs that rejected Draft Constitution saved Gambia from intellectual coup d’état’

The National Assembly Member for Lower Badibou says that Parliamentarians who voted against the Draft Constitution saved The Gambia from an ‘intellectual coup d’état’, because it has a provision that makes it... Read more »

Gambian agricultural products barred entry into China

A Gambian businessman (name withheld) says that Gambian agricultural products are not allowed entry in the People’s Republic of China. He made the disclosure during a recent interview with this reporter at... Read more »