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A promising initiative

Since the announcement of the introduction of the so-called $100 laptop (some calling it ‘laptop note book’), some two years ago, the project is finally finding its way to the Gambia, after trials in a handful of other countries in the sub-region, among them Nigeria and Senegal. Mr Bruce Baikei, the founder and CEO of the company that is behind this noble initiative, was the guest of the Daily Observer, on Tuesday afternoon; he was in our offices with his two Gambian counterparts, both...

New GSM company born

A licence has been granted to a new indigenous GSM company, which will bring the total number of GSM operators in the country to four. The company is called QCELL and will provide 3G mobile services, such as voice, data and video. The company is owned by Mr Muhammed Jah, the chief executive officer of QuantumNet. According to a dispatch from the Department of State for Communications, Information and Information Technology (DOSCIIT), the decision to grant the licence is in line with universal...

FSSS holds graduation ceremony

Fatima Senior Secondary School (FSSS), last Friday held its graduation and prize giving ceremony at the school ground in Bwiam. Speaking at the ceremony, the guest speaker of the ceremony, Mr Nuha Jatta, VSO the Gambia, deliberated on the topic “the power of the human brain in the war between good and evil”. According to him, from physiological and anatomical perspectives the human brain is the best organised, most functional known machine in the universe.  He added that, this graduation...

When the party is over

A party, according to Macmillan English Dictionary For Advanced Learners International Students Version, is a local event at which people meet to celebrate something or to have fun by eating, drinking, playing games etc. Party have long been hosted by families, friends, work places, to celebrate weddings, naming ceremonies, birthdays, anniversaries, awards, examination success etc. In The Gambia however, parties have assumed a new dimension, have become unnecessarily competitive and is...

Monetary Integration, Economic Management Tops Agenda

As regional parliamentary forum getsunderwayA five-dayregional forum on the role of parliament in achieving the MillenniumDevelopment Goals (MDG’s) opened at the Paradise Suites Hotel yesterday withissues on the prospects and challenges on West African Monetary Integration topof the agenda. Organisedby the West African Institute for Financial and Economic Management (WAIFEM),the forum aims enhance the knowledge and skills of legislators to assess,evaluate and appraise economic and financial...

High interest rates unpopular

Monday 7 January, 2008 saw the official inauguration and laying of the foundation stone of Banque Sahelo-Saheliene pour L’investment et le commerce (BSIC). That occasion marked the initiation of the 10th bank in to the line of growing financial institutions in the Gambia.  Accordingly, BSIC is the first ever investment bank to set up in the country, ushering in a new  dimension in the country’s booming banking sector. What is more significant about the coming of this new entrant is that it is...