The International Development Association (IDA) has been granted $60 million in funding by the World Bank board to assist the Government of The Gambia in realizing its full potential for productivity and strengthening its resilience to climate change.
Seedy Keita, Minister of Finance and Economic Affairs, recently presented the 2024 budget estimates to the National Assembly. He revealed that the government’s total expenditure and net lending are expected to rise by 6%, from D37.15 billion in 2023 to D39.38 billion in 2024. Here are three key points from the minister’s speech to National Assembly members.
President Adama Barrow announced on Day One of his Meet the People Tour that the government of The Gambia will purchase farmers’ groundnuts at an increased price of D 38,000 per ton. The government’s price per ton last year was D32,000.
African delegates in various research and conferences scheduled to take place in Europe have slammed “infuriating” travel challenges by European consulates and call for meetings on the issuance of visas for researchers to be held in welcoming countries.
The Gambian Civil Aviation Authority has awarded a contract to Systems Interface (SIL) of the United Kingdom to design, supply, install, and commission a replacement Doppler VHF Omnidirectional Radio Range (DVOR) and co-located Distance Measuring Equipment (DME) at Banjul International Airport in The Gambia.
Lagos (Nigeria) – Nigeria’s National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has announced that the headline inflation rate for October 2023, increased to 27.33% relative to the September 2023 headline inflation rate which was 26.72%.
NAWEC, The Gambia’s national utility company, held a pre-bid meeting on Monday to build “a state of the art 30MW dual fuel (HFO/GAS) facility in Kotu.” According to NAWEC officials, Tuesday’s pre-bid meeting allowed NAWEC’s management and its external consultants to interact with the pre-bidding qualified firms as well as walk them through the required final bidding processes.
MSGBC member countries Senegal, The Gambia, Guinea-Bissau and Guinea-Conakry have a week ago signed an agreement to commission the regional electricity
TAP has resumed its seasonal winter operations to Banjul, capital of The Gambia, with three flights per week on an Airbus
The Governor of the Saudi Zakat, Tax and Customs Authority Eng. Suhail Abanmi and Minister of Finance and Economic Affairs of Gambia Seedy Keita have signed an agreement between the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and Gambia to avoid double taxation and tax evasion. The signing ceremony was held on the sidelines of the Saudi-Arab-African Economic Conference, currently held in Riyadh.
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