Islamic Development Bank Group launches its 1st competition on FinTech Islamic Finance Challenge, supported by IslamicBanker.com and IE Business School. What is the FinTech Islamic Finance Challenge? FinTech Islamic Finance Challenge is an opportunity to [……]
By Reuters Chinese and French companies are bidding to help Gambia build up its Atlantic port Banjul to be what industry sources say could be a rival to neighboring Senegal’s Dakar. It would be one [……]
The African Development Bank (AfDB) has announced the appointment of Ms. Oley Lucretia Clara Dibba-Wadda as Director of Human Capital, Youth and Skills Development with effect from July 1, 2017. A citizen of the Republic [……]
On 26 June 2017, the Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has approved $16.1 million emergency financial assistance for the Gambia under the Rapid Credit Facility (RCF). The RCF is a lending arrangement [……]
France’s Bollore Group has submitted an offer to develop Gambia’s main port as part of a deal worth hundreds of millions of dollars, three sources familiar with the matter said, as competition for contracts heats [……]
The Public Affairs Section (PAS) of U.S. Embassy Banjul is pleased to announce that funding is available through the Embassy’s Public Diplomacy Grants Program. This is an Annual Program Statement outlining our funding priorities, strategic [……]
The Islamic Corporation for the Development of the Private Sector (“ICD”) (ICD-PS.org), the private sector arm of IDB Group, and Arab Gambian Islamic Bank Ltd (AGIB.gm) have entered into a Joint Strategic Collaboration to finance [……]
The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) met on May 8, 2017, to assess domestic and international macroeconomic and financial developments, the outlook for the second half of 2017 and decide on the stance of monetary policy. [……]
For the first time in 4 years, Gambia government borrows at a single digit rate. On Wednesday 5th April 2017, just a day before the parliamentary election, the yield on the 91-day of the Gambia [……]
IMF Visit Gambia IMF staff teams convey preliminary findings after a visit to the Gambia 30 Mar to 12 Apr 2017. The mission assessed the impact of exogenous shocks that have hit the Gambian economy [……]
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