{"id":91840,"date":"2025-12-12T07:03:31","date_gmt":"2025-12-12T07:03:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/uncategorized\/minister-jabbi-announces-ycell-as-top-bidder-for-gamcel"},"modified":"2025-12-12T07:23:54","modified_gmt":"2025-12-12T07:23:54","slug":"minister-jabbi-announces-ycell-as-top-bidder-for-gamcel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/minister-jabbi-announces-ycell-as-top-bidder-for-gamcel","title":{"rendered":"Minister Jabbi Announces Ycell as Top Bidder for Gamcel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Gambia. <\/strong><\/span><b>Communications and Digital Economy Minister Lamin Jabbi told lawmakers that YCell, a Gambian mobile operator, has been selected as the most responsive bidder for the restructuring of state-owned Gamtel and Gamcel, submitting an investment proposal valued at 6.7 billion dalasis.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Appearing before the National Assembly, Mr. Jabbi said eight companies submitted bids before the deadline. After a technical and financial review, two Gambian firms\u2014YCell and DK Telecoms\u2014were shortlisted for final evaluation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAfter a thorough process and successful evaluation of the technical and financial submissions by both DK Telecoms and YCell, YCell emerged as the most responsive bidder, with an investment proposal of 6.7 billion Gambian dalasis,\u201d Mr. Jabbi said.<\/p>\n<p>The minister said the assessment was conducted by a multi-agency committee that included representatives from his ministry, Gamtel, Gamcel, the Office of the President, the Ministry of Finance and Economic Affairs, and the Ministry of Justice.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Jabbi outlined significant financial expectations tied to the restructuring plan. Gamcel, he said, is slated for a full network modernization. \u201cThe first direct payment we expect for 80 percent of the shares may go close to or above 800 million dalasis,\u201d he told lawmakers, adding that roughly 6 billion dalasis would be reinvested into the company\u2019s infrastructure.<\/p>\n<p>He said the government is aiming for an eventual market share of at least 60 percent for the revitalized network.<\/p>\n<p>Evaluation letters have been sent to both shortlisted firms, he added, and negotiations with YCell are now underway. Any contract will remain subject to cabinet approval.<\/p>\n<p>The minister also outlined differing approaches for the two state-owned entities: Gamtel would undergo a build-operate-transfer arrangement, while Gamcel would see a majority of its shares sold to an investor committed to reviving the company.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith Gamtel, it is a build, operate, and transfer approach, while for Gamcel, we are just selling majority shares to the investor who is ready to invest in the revival of the company,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Gambia<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Gambia. Communications and Digital Economy Minister Lamin Jabbi told lawmakers that YCell, a Gambian mobile operator, has been selected as the most responsive bidder for the restructuring of state-owned Gamtel and Gamcel, submitting an investment proposal valued at 6.7 billion dalasis. Appearing before the National Assembly, Mr. Jabbi said eight companies submitted bids [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":91839,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,5],"tags":[260],"class_list":["post-91840","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-economy","tag-gambia"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Minister Jabbi Announces Ycell as Top Bidder for Gamcel - Gambia<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Communications and Digital Economy Minister Lamin Jabbi told lawmakers that YCell, a Gambian mobile operator, has bee ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/minister-jabbi-announces-ycell-as-top-bidder-for-gamcel\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Minister Jabbi Announces Ycell as Top Bidder for Gamcel\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Communications and Digital Economy Minister Lamin Jabbi told lawmakers that YCell, a Gambian mobile operator, has bee ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/minister-jabbi-announces-ycell-as-top-bidder-for-gamcel\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Gambia\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-12-12T07:03:31+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-12-12T07:23:54+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/gambia\/sites\/19\/2025\/12\/sm_1765511512.690267.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1280\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/minister-jabbi-announces-ycell-as-top-bidder-for-gamcel#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/minister-jabbi-announces-ycell-as-top-bidder-for-gamcel\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Minister Jabbi Announces Ycell as Top Bidder for Gamcel\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-12-12T07:03:31+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-12-12T07:23:54+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/minister-jabbi-announces-ycell-as-top-bidder-for-gamcel\"},\"wordCount\":337,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/minister-jabbi-announces-ycell-as-top-bidder-for-gamcel#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/gambia\/sites\/19\/2025\/12\/sm_1765511512.690267.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Gambia\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Economy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/minister-jabbi-announces-ycell-as-top-bidder-for-gamcel#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/minister-jabbi-announces-ycell-as-top-bidder-for-gamcel\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/minister-jabbi-announces-ycell-as-top-bidder-for-gamcel\",\"name\":\"Minister Jabbi Announces Ycell as Top Bidder for Gamcel - 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