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Plymouth Challenge helps projects

The Plymouth Banjul Challenge, a charitable organisation working together with the Association of Small Scale Enterprises in Tourism (ASSET). The Gambia National Olympic Committee (GNOC) to fund development and community based projects, on Monday approved 9 projects costing over D547,682 in a ceremony held at the Safari Garden Hotel in Fajara.   In his welcoming remarks, George Gomez said that over 15-25 projects throughout the country have benefited from the Challenge. He implored the...

Credit for Nedbank projects

THE African Development Bank (AfDB) and Nedbank signed a US100 million line of credit, in terms of which the AfDB would lend long-term dollars to Nedbank . The loan facility would be used by Nedbank Capital, the investment banking business of the Nedbank Group, for qualifying projects . The AfDBs involvement will fill a gap in the financial services market by providing long-term foreign currency funding that is not currently readily available from commercial sources on acceptable terms,...

UNDP report calls for more attention to Upper Egypt

CAIRO: Upper Egypt needs more attention, more developmental projects and more investments, said the latest United Nations Development Project (UNDP) report on human development covering eight Egyptian governorates. Although the provinces surveyed spanned Egypt as a whole, equally highlighting setbacks and improvements, Upper Egypt was found to be the most lacking.The call for women’s social and political empowerment was a recurrent element throughout the report, which also tackled health,...

Chimpanzees bring solar power to three moreschools and a clinic in CRR

Strange but true. Thanks to the chimpanzees of the Chimpanzee Rehabilitation Association (CRA)  the Kudang   and Sinchugundu Lower Basic Schools in CRR were both recently equipped with solar powered lighting and the facility to power laptop computers and printers. And again thanks to the chimps, the CRA’s clinic in Sambel Kunda also has solar power for lighting and refrigeration for storing medicines. One of the most remote schools in CRR, Sambel Kunda Lower Basic, was equipped with solar...

LAOS: Restaurant provides street children with training and hope

VIENTIANE Tuesday, July 29, 2008 (IRIN) - In one of the first projects of its kind, Friends International started up Mak Phet restaurant to provide vocational training for former street children, with the support of the Ministry of Labour and Social Welfare, in Vientiane, Lao PDR. Gustav Auer, regional hospitality and business coordinator of Friends International [http://www.friends-international.org/laopdr.html], says his proudest achievement is building up the children's confidence. "Most...

Bidders Offer Lower Prices for Fertilizer Procurement

The procurement has been undertaken after the World Bank approved a 275 million dollars transfer the Ethiopian government requested the Bank to make from other projects. The government wanted 250 million dollars for the procurement of fertilizers and 25 million dollars as additional funds for the Productive Safety Net Programme.

Taiwanese foreign minister, others meet VP

Aja Dr Isatou Njie-Saidy, vice president and secretary of state for Women’s Affairs, last Friday, received in her office the visiting Taiwanese Foreign Minister, Francisco HL - Ou who was on a three day official visit to The Gambia. Speaking to journalists shortly after his audience with the vice-president, the Taiwanese Foreign Affairs Minister said his visit to State House was meant to convey his President’s special greetings to President Jammeh, the vice president and the entire Gambian...

US $12.71M agric. project launched

Mr Bakary Trawally, the permanent secretary at the Department of State for Agriculture, on behalf of The Gambia government, yesterday, officially launched a five-year 12.71 million dollar Gambia Lowland Development Project (GALDED), at a ceremony held at the Baobab Holiday Resort in Bijilo. Described by many as timely, the launching of the project brought together various government officials, National Assembly members, and veteran agriculturists, as well as local farmers. Jointly funded by The...

Introducing Ras Askia

Ras Askia is a Gambian born reggae dancehall artist now based in Austria.  Born Muhammad Jobarteh, the sprouting talent has been a music lover since his childhood. As a teenager he used to love hanging around the music business, one of the motivating factors that enticed him to join the industry. He is now a big reggae dancehall artist especially in Austria. Ras hails from a griot family who are well known in West Africa for their captivating voices, singing mainly traditional kora music. “I...

Travel and the Roads

Welcome to Travel and the Roads once again. This week, we bring you stories from the countryside regarding our road networks. The roads are very pivotal to the existence of this country as a nation state. This country depends on its roads to ferry people, goods and services from points of request to points of need. Barra-Laminkoto road This road is in good condition which is no surprise as it is relatively new and it is good doing a 100km/hr without much ado. Since its completion to date,...