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The Gambia Investment and Export Promotion Agency (GiEPA), yesterday held a day-long investment incentives stakeholder engagement awareness forum to consider the challenges faced and the way forward by private sector players in helping the country’s economy and consider recommendations for government action. Held at the Bakadaji Hotel, the theme of the event was ‘Sensitization on investment incentives process and procedures for efficient service delivery’. The convergent engaged 73 Special Investment Certificate (SIC) and Special Export Promotion Zone License (EPZL) holders awarded by The Gambia government with a net investment portfolio of US$268 million. Modou Lamin Sowe, director of investment promotion and facilitation at GiEPA explained that when serving people or clients, they should at least come together annually and have a dialogue. Through the dialogue, he said, they will be able to assess how well they served their sector. “Our mandate is to promote and facilitate investment...

By Pa Modou Cham The ECOWAS Fund for Regional Stabilization and Development (FRSD) Gambia pilot project implemented by GIZ, in partnership with CepRass launched an expert group to develop policy guidelines for scaling up digital and agricultural value chain finance capability in The Gambia. The multi-stakeholder expert group launched today at the Bakadaji Hotel is designed to help identify obstacles and potential for agricultural value chain financing innovations in the Gambia, good practices and lessons to eradicate barriers for women, youth and marginalized groups. Ms. Evelin Ayadi-Krenzer, ECOWAS FRSD Programme Manager thanked GIZ FRSD for the job well-done in promoting financing for smallholder farmers, adding is crucial in sustainable development. “This Gambia project is a pilot programme. From here we will continue to extend our projects to Guinea Bissau, Niger and other countries to get lessons learn and ideas on those countries. We know agriculture is the backbone of ...