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Ethiopian Looks beyond 2010 to $1.5b Revenue

The management of Ethiopian Airlines (Ethiopian) has outlined a new five-year strategic plan to reach an annual revenue of 1.5 billion dollars following the remarkable achievement in what the airline calls "Vision 2010".

Mboka 2008

In a fewdays’ time, The Gambia will be playing host to stakeholders in the tourismindustry across the West Africa sub region. Tagged MBOKA 2008, it will be held on 18-22 October 2008. Thestrategic objective of the initiative is “to support West African governmentsand tourism in a manner that contributes to both local development and topoverty alleviation, community empowerment and the protection of theenvironment”. And it isopen to a wide range of participants. These include: European tour...

ECOWAS Zonal Strategic Planning Meeting Underway

The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has convened a four-day Zonal Strategic Planning Meeting on Local Conflict Prevention and Peace Building in The Gambia. The meeting, which commenced on Monday 30th June, will end on the 3rd July 2008, at the Jerma Beach Hotel in Kololi. The Gambia is the observation and monitoring centre for Zone1. Zone1 includes The Gambia, Cape Verde, Guinea-Bissau and Senegal.  The purpose of the meeting is to develop strategies and plans of action to...

National Youth Parliament on Strategic Planning

The National Youth Parliament (NYP) on Saturday, 3rd May 2008 began its first Strategic Planning process for the next five years. The process is being led by Mr Alieu Darboe, a Private Consultant and Senior Lecturer at the Management Development Institute with support from the Pro-Pag Advocacy Group. Speaking at the launching, which was attended by a cross section of youth parliamentarians, Hon Lamin F Bojang, Speaker of NYP described it as a process intended to direct the programs of the...

Unicef gets new Representative

Ms Min-Whee Kang, a Korean national, has been appointed as the new United Nations Children’s Fund (Unicef) Representative in The Gambia. Ms Kang, who arrived in the country recently, has presented her credentials to Mr. Balla Garba Jahumpa, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs earlier this week. Ms Kang received a Bachelors of Arts from Ewha Women’s University in Seoul, Republic of Korea, with a double major in French and English Language and Literature. She completed her studies in Paris,...

GCCI Guns for Better Organisational Prospects

As part of efforts geared towards realising its organizational expectations, the Gambia Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI) has undertaken what it terms re-organisational measures following a one-day sensitization meeting on the GCCI 5-year Strategic Plan 2006-2011. The five-year strategic plan being the first of its kind to be prepared in the history of the Chamber, is designed to chart a clear course for the development of the organisation in the interest of the membership. The 12 page...