[allAfrica] Sharm El-Sheikh -- Small and medium-sized enterprises are essential engines for growth and play a key role in creating jobs and supporting sustainable livelihoods. Yet, the financing gap for SMEs, particularly in emerging markets, is wide...

[The Point] The Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) has announced the registration of yet another new political party in the country.

[The Point] The Gambia Senior National team coach Tom Saintfiet yesterday, Monday 7 named his 23-man squad for the Scorpions' upcoming international training camp in Antalya, Turkey.

[The Point] The executive director for the National Nutrition Agency (NaNA), one of the implementing partners of the 'Nafa' Programme in the country, has said that the project is beginning to see results even though it is at an early stage.

[The Point] The Gambia National Cricket Association (GNCA) team has intensified training ahead of their 2022-23 Cricket World Cup qualifiers.

[The Point] The skyrocketing prices of basic food commodities as well as hard economic realities of life is making life unbearable for many families in the country. This has forced some families on the brink, with no option, but to vent out their dis...

[The Point] Students from The Gambia Technical Training Institute (GTTI) recently stole the show at the regional competition held in Mansakonko in the Lower River Region (LRR).

[The Point] The Ministry of Trade, Industry, Regional Integration and Employment (MOTIE) continues to remain committed to ensuring that essential commodities are available, accessible, and affordable to the general public especially during these tryi...

[The Point] After some controversial news regarding the issue of seizing students' veils at St. Therese's Upper Basic School in Kanifing, the Ministry of Basic and Secondary Education (MoBSE) has engaged the school administration on the issue to prom...

[The Point] The noose is tightening around Pape Alé Niang! Following his arrest and interrogation, the investigative journalist, who is also an administrator of the Dakarmatin site, has just been taken into police custody at the Dakar central police...

[The Point] Brikama on Sunday defeated Gunjur 3-0 in a well-attended final played at the Brikama Box Bar Mini Stadium to clutch the 2022 West Coast Region Super Cup trophy.

[The Point] Three Gambian police officers, Assistant Superintendents Vincent Demba, Momodou Lamin Camara, and Fatou Fofana, last week along with 600 Turkish officers and over 70 other nationalities graduated from the prestigious Turkish National Poli...

[The Point] There is growing anger among the youth in the coastal community of Bato Kunku at what they called 'abuse at the village quarry' by Gimcom Sand Mining Company.

[The Point] Snowfall in a hot desert may seem a contradiction but snow has been recorded several times in the Sahara Desert over the last decades, most recently in January 2022. Thus, snowfall may be unusual but is not unprecedented in the region.

[The Point] Road to the National Youth Conference and Festival (NAYCONF) 2022 has begun in earnest, as flag tour continue to seek the blessing and support of all stakeholders to ensure a successful youth convergence.

[The Point] The Center for Research and Policy Development (CRPD) in collaboration with the Freedom House, on Saturday graduated 20 young advocates and 10 media fellows with certificates after successfully participating in the organisation's pilot ad...

[Premium Times] Authored by Gideon Ofosu-Peasah, Obasanjo Oyedele, Onu Kingsley, and Fatou Jeng, the research was funded by the Ford Foundation, as part of the CJID's climate change project.

[The Point] Alhaji Amat Cham has been appointed as head coach of BST Galaxy Football Club, formerly Dibba Oil FC for the next three years.

[The Point] Agriculture and Environmental Sciences Students Association (AESSA) have expressed concern about government's recent actions in the protection of the local fauna and flora population at Monkey Park in Bijilo.

[The Point] The minister for Agriculture, in an interview with this medium, confirmed that President Adama Barrow has fulfilled his 2021 presidential campaign promise to invest hugely in the rice value chain in order to end rice importation amid his ...

[The Point] First Lady of the Republic of The Gambia, Her Excellency Fatoumatta Bah-Barrow is set to grace the 2022 West Coast Region zonal super cup final set for Sunday 6th November 2022 at the Brikama Box Bar Mini Stadium at 4pm, according to news...

[The Point] Gambia Revenue Authority (GRA) has extended its outreachprogramme on tax system to the School of Journalism and Digital Media at the University of The Gambia (UTG).

[The Point] The Brufut Youth and Sports Committee (BYSC) has commenced its 2022 'nawetan' football season with some thrilling and fascinating encounters.

[The Point] Gunjur zonal team on Tuesday thumped Gunjur United 2-0 in a friendly match played at the Gunjur Upper Basic School Football Field.

[The Point] "In the Gambia and elsewhere around the world, journalists continue to be harassed, attacked both physically and verbally, beaten, arrested, detained, threatened and killed for doing their job," the Gambia Press Union (GPU) says in a stat...

[The Point] An alleged member of former President Jammeh's hit-squad (Junglers), Sanna Manjang in exile, has said that they only left the country because they wanted peace.

[The Point] Forty-nine personnel of the National Records Service (NRS) have taken the oath of secrecy and are currently serving at various government institutions across the country.

[The Point] As the country is expecting a good and productive 2022 tourists' season, more flights are landing at the Banjul International Airport, with the latest TUI UK landing with 184 passengers on board.

[The Point] The National Assembly Member for Kombo South recently returned home after attending a forum at the ECOWAS National Centre for Coordination of Early warning and Response Mechanism.

[The Point] The National Centre for Arts and Culture (NCAC) with support from the UNESCO-ASCHBERG programme on Tuesday held a daylong stakeholder meeting to deliberate on operationalising the National Endowment Fund for the Gambia Arts and Culture se...