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Standard Chartered ends HIV/AIDS training

In an attempt to fulfil a pledge made to the Clinton Global Initiative to educate one million people on HIV/AIDS by 2010, Standard Chartered Bank Gambia Ltd, on Saturday, organized one-day HIV/AIDS training for its staff members, at the Paradise Suites Hotel in Kololi. In her opening remarks, Awa L. Njie, Head of Corporate Affairs at Standard Chartered Bank, described the bank as an international bank with more than 70,000 employees reaching across Asia, Africa, the Middle East, Europe and the...

Standard Chartered Bank Gives Assistance to Bakau Women’s Garden

Standard Charted Bank last Thursday donated 7, 500 sachets of various vegetable seeds, including tomatoes, onions, cabbage, sweet pepper and carrots. In addition to the donation of vegetable seeds, no fewer than 50 staff of the bank also took the responsibility of spending the day at the garden to assist the women in their work as well as educate them on The Gambia’s interest bearing savings accounts, and the bank’s environment and suitability agenda. Ms. Musukebba Ceesay, Chief Information...

SBC Celebrates World Sight Day in Style

Promises to Raise US$6M to Give Sight to 1 million People Standard Chartered Bank (Gambia Limited) yesterday joined the rest of the globe to celebrate World Sight Day 2007 at a colourful ceremony held at its office in Banjul. Speaking on occasion, the acting Chief Executive Officer of SCB Mr Wilfred Ntuba told the gathering his institution is poised to raise a total amount of US$6million over the next three years to support over one million people with eye defects. He said SBC is highly...