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Economy

CBMT Hosts Workshop to Enhance CSO Role in 2026 Budget

CBMT Hosts Workshop to Enhance CSO Role in 2026 Budget

Africa-Press - Gambia. The Center for Budget and Macroeconomic Transparency (CBMT), with support from the European Union (EU), on Tuesday, November 4, 2025, launched...
Gov’T Presents D36 Billion 2026 Budget Estimates before Parliament

Gov’T Presents D36 Billion 2026 Budget Estimates before Parliament

Africa-Press - Gambia. The Minister of Finance and Economic Affairs, Seedy Keita, on Friday presented The Gambia’s D36 billion national budget estimates for 2026...
Farmers Optimistic of Bumper Harvest in 2025 Cropping Season

Farmers Optimistic of Bumper Harvest in 2025 Cropping Season

Africa-Press - Gambia. The President of the National Coordinating Organization for Farmers Associations, The Gambia (NACOFAG), Mr. Musa Sowe, has expressed optimism that a...
National Assembly Reviews Health Ministry D3.14 Billion Budget

National Assembly Reviews Health Ministry D3.14 Billion Budget

Africa-Press - Gambia. The National Assembly has continued its pre-scrutiny of the 2026 Estimates of Revenue and Expenditure in Basse, Upper River Region, with...
Trust Bank Gambia Posts Strong Profit Growth in Q3

Trust Bank Gambia Posts Strong Profit Growth in Q3

Africa-Press - Gambia. Trust Bank Plc has reported impressive financial results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2025, with profit before tax surging...
Budget Proposes D10.29 Billion for Wages, Salaries

Budget Proposes D10.29 Billion for Wages, Salaries

Africa-Press - Gambia. Finance Minister Seedy Keita tabled the 2026 budget estimates on Friday informing lawmakers that D10.29 billion will be spent on wages,...
Gov'T Allocates D13.4 Billion for Debt Service 2026

Gov’T Allocates D13.4 Billion for Debt Service 2026

Africa-Press - Gambia. The government’s new draft budget which Finance Minister Seedy Keita will table before lawmakers today, dedicates over 22 percent of the...
Finance Minister Projects Public Debt Servicing D13.5 Billion

Finance Minister Projects Public Debt Servicing D13.5 Billion

Africa-Press - Gambia. The Minister of Finance and Economic Affairs, Seedy Keita, on Friday presented the 2026 national budget to the National Assembly, forecasting...
Office of the President Allocates D740 Million in 2026

Office of the President Allocates D740 Million in 2026

Africa-Press - Gambia. The Office of the President has been allocated D740,490,804 in the 2026 draft budget presented to the National Assembly by the...
NEPAD Leader Calls for Private Sector in Africa'S Growth

NEPAD Leader Calls for Private Sector in Africa’S Growth

Africa-Press - Gambia. The Chairman of the NEPAD Business Group Nigeria (NBGN) Mr. J.K. Randle, has called for renewed private sector commitment to Africa’s...