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YEP presents D26 million agro processing machines to 14 enterprises

October 10, 2018 By Olimatou Coker Youth Empowerment Project, YEP, on Monday delivered an agro-processing equipment valued at D26,000,000 to 14 beneficiary companies to enhance productivity and value addition, particularly at farm-gate.... Read more

Young Entrepreneurs Call for Government Intervention

News outlet: Foroyaa

October 8, 2018 by Kebba AF Touray Young entrepreneurs of The Gambia have strongly called on the government to intervene and help mitigate the challenges confronting them in their entrepreneurial endeavours. They made this clarion call in an interview on Saturday 6th October 2018, on the occasion of the launching of the “Gambia’s Good Market”.... Read more

NEDI trains Irregular migration returnees on Entrepreneurship Skills

News outlet: The Point

Issued Friday 5 October 2018 The National Enterprise Development Initiative (NEDI), recently commenced a five-day training for Gambian returnees on entrepreneurship at the Njawara Agricultural Training Center, North Bank Region. Youth and Sports Ministry Permanent Secretary Adama Ngum-Njie said the training seeks to transfer the essential management skills to the back-way returnees and would link them to other partners for financial and technical support to start and reinforce their businesses.... Read more

From the backway, back home: Making it in The Gambia

News outlet: Market Screener

The eighth of January 2016 - that's the day Baboucarr Jaiteh left his home in The Gambia in search of 'greener pastures through the backway'. The 'backway' is what Gambians call the overland route that many of their compatriots have taken through neighbouring African countries to get to Europe. The Gambia has sent a higher share of its population to Europe than all but one other country, according to the World Bank.... Read more

25 complete training on packaging

News outlet: The Standard

By Olimatou Coker The Youth Empowerment Project recently graduated 25 young people after they completed a Training of Trainers (ToT) course on packaging. Supported by the International Trade Centre, (ITC) the program which ran from the 24 to 28 September 2018, ended at the Gambia Chamber of Commerce and Industry building in Bijilo.... Read more

GYIN Gambia launches 6-month entrepreneur mentorship

News outlet: The Point

Monday, September 24, 2018 Global Youth Innovation Network (GYIN)-Gambia has launched a 6-month youth mentorship programme on entrepreneurship. The programme, is currently underway at the Agricultural Training Centre in Jenoi, Lower River Region. Funded by Youth Empowerment Project (YEP), the programme attracted fifty mentees, ten mentors and ten supervisors. During the course, the mentees are expected to share monthly experience, ideas and skills.... Read more

Le Gouvernement Va Créer Plus de 10,000 Emplois en 3 Années

News outlet: The Point

Wednesday, September 19, 2018 Dans son Discours à la Nation la semaine dernière, Son Excellence le Président Adama BARROW décria la hausse du chômage en Gambie et souligna que des plans d’intervention de grandes envergures seraient entrepris par son Gouvernement afin de créer plus de 10,000 emplois durant les 3 prochaines années à venir.... Read more

Youth Forum: 11M Euro Youth Empowerment Project is Ongoing

News outlet: The Point

Tuesday, September 18, 2018 The Implementation of the Eleven Million Euro Youth Empowerment Project from the European Trust Fund is ongoing. The overall objective of this four-year project is to tackle the economic root-causes of irregular migration through increased job opportunities and income prospects for the youth. The project has trained over one thousand (1000) youngsters in various skills within one year.... Read more

Gov’t will continue to improve business environment - President Barrow

News outlet: The Point

Monday, September 17, 2018 President Adama Barrow has said that his government will continue to explore means of improving the business environment, promoting investment and ensuring a fair trading environment for private sector development. The Gambian leader made this statement on Thursday during the opening of the 2018 Legislative Year. “In this direction, Government is in the process of reviewing the Labour Act, 2007 and establishing a new Trade Union Bill in order to strengthen industrial relations in the country,” he said. “This will be presented to this august body when finalized. In the interim, this sector completed the formulation of an Industrial Policy and Trade Strategy in February, 2018 for immediate implementation.”... Read more

Gov’t to create over 10,000 jobs in 3 years

News outlet: The Point

Monday, September 17, 2018 In his State of the Nation Address to the National Assembly last week, President Adama Barrow has decried the rise in unemployment in The Gambia and outlined crucial intervention plans by his government to create over 10, 000 jobs over the next three years. President Adama Barrow laments the fact that the youth make up the largest proportion of the Gambian population. “36.7% of the 1.8 million Gambian population are aged 13-30 years; yet, youth unemployment has risen to 38%,” he said, maintaining that it is cause for concern for his government. The acute frustrations and lack of opportunities for the youth and the results of thousands of youths who undertake risky journeys, often with tragic consequences, in search of greener pastures elsewhere are key challenges his government inherited.... Read more