Economy

Economy

IMF Sees Africa’S Prosperity as a Global Economic Opportunity

IMF Sees Africa’S Prosperity as a Global Economic Opportunity

Africa-Press - Gambia. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) says Africa’s prosperity is an opportunity for the global economy to thrive, urging for deeper collaboration...
Brikama Area Council : D8 Million Scholarship Boost for West Coast Region Students

Brikama Area Council : D8 Million Scholarship Boost for West Coast Region Students

Africa-Press - Gambia. As part of our unwavering commitment to education and youth empowerment in the West Coast Region, we are proud to announce...
Uncle Sam Security Company, Proprietor to Pay D7.9 M to SSHFC over Unpaid Contributions

Uncle Sam Security Company, Proprietor to Pay D7.9 M to SSHFC over Unpaid Contributions

Africa-Press - Gambia. The Banjul High Court presided over by Justice Ebrima Jaiteh has ordered Uncle Sam Security Services Company Limited and Alieu SBM...
Africa’S Trade, Economic Growth Lies in Afcfta – World Bank

Africa’S Trade, Economic Growth Lies in Afcfta – World Bank

Africa-Press - Gambia. The African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) presents a significant opportunity for trade growth and economic development in Africa, says, the...
Witness Faces Scrutiny over D13M BCC Dustbin Contract

Witness Faces Scrutiny over D13M BCC Dustbin Contract

Africa-Press - Gambia. A business deal involving the sale of dustbins worth over D13 million to Banjul City Council (BCC) has come under heavy...
AGIB, Accountant General’S Department Sign Mou on Revenue Collection

AGIB, Accountant General’S Department Sign Mou on Revenue Collection

Africa-Press - Gambia. The managing director of Arab-Gambian Islamic Bank (AGIB) together with senior officials of the bank, recently signed a memorandum of understanding...
Ecowas Launches $131Bn 25-Year Infrastructure Plan

Ecowas Launches $131Bn 25-Year Infrastructure Plan

Africa-Press - Gambia. The Economic Community of West African States has unveiled an ambitious 25-year infrastructure master plan, valued at an estimated US$131 billion,...
Direct Aid Workers Demand a Pay Rise from Regional Director

Direct Aid Workers Demand a Pay Rise from Regional Director

Africa-Press - Gambia. The staff working for Direct Aid the Gambia is demanding pay rise of salaries and transport allowances from the visiting regional...
Turn Demographic Dividend into Growth – IMF to Africa

Turn Demographic Dividend into Growth – IMF to Africa

Africa-Press - Gambia. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has asked African governments to utilise their growing working-age population to develop the economy. “In Africa’s case,...
Economist Says Gambia’S Financial Ecosystem Entrenches Poverty

Economist Says Gambia’S Financial Ecosystem Entrenches Poverty

Africa-Press - Gambia. Sustainable Finance Specialist, Dr. Foday Joof, has given his observed opinion of how the country’s financial ecosystem entrenches poverty. In an article...