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Minister Bah to launch Janjanbureh Kankurang Festival

As the 3rd annual Janjanbureh Kankurang festival set to kick-start in the Island of Janjanbureh, Hamat Bah, the Minister of Tourism and Culture is expected to officially launch the festival which is scheduled between the 17th and 19th of January 2020.... Read more

3rd Janjangbureh Kankurang Festival slated for Jan. 17

The 3rd edition of the Janjanbureh Kankurang Festival is scheduled to take place from 17th -19th January 2020, in Janjangbureh, CRR, according to a missive from the National Centre for Arts and Culture. “It will be formally launched by the Hon. Minister of Tourism and Culture at the Governor’s Office at Janjanbureh, Central River Region.”... Read more

Youth Forum: Bansang youth explains how YEP grant enhance her business

A Bansang youth, Ms. Jainaba Jallow has explained how the Forty-Seven Thousand Dalasis (D47, 000) grant support from Youth Empowerment Project (YEP) empowered her to relocate from her previously small shop in Bansang, to a bigger shop in Janjanbureh, Central River Region South.... Read more

YEP grantee setting records in Fatoto

Ebrima Sanyang, a tailor and a Youth Empowerment Project’s (YEP) mini grant beneficiary from Fatoto, Upper River Region (URR) has called on his fellow tailors within the Greater Banjul Area to go back to their respective regions to serve as role models, thus inspiring others to venture into tailoring.... Read more

Young Sabi poultry farmer ‘content’ with business in URR

Speaking to this medium, in Sabi village, in the Upper River Region (URR), a 26-year-old poultry farmer, Sulayman Camara, has ‘wholeheartedly’ expressed satisfaction with the high demand for his poultry products by consumers in his community and beyond.... Read more

AfriCourage - live aus Gambia

Zum ersten Mal wird aus dem subsaharischen Afrika ein großes Musikfestival live in öffentlich-rechtlichen Rundfunkstationen Europas übertragen.... Read more

Minister Bah launches Roadmap for Gambia’s creative industries

The Youth Empowerment in collaboration with the Ministry of Tourism and Culture and National Centre for Arts and Culture, Tuesday, launched the first ever Youth and Trade Roadmap for The Gambia’s creative industries.... Read more

Faces2Hearts kicks-off in The Gambia for an epic adventure

Faces2Hearts kicks-off in The Gambia for an epic adventure. The Gambia has been selected as the latest destination in the European Commission’s Face2Hearts campaign.... Read more

Global Music Stars to storm OpenMic/AfriCourage Festival in Banjul

The OpenMic/AfriCourage festival brings together international and regional music stars to celebrate the power of music and the strength of indigenous culture in Banjul on 27-28 December, 2019 at the independence stadium.... Read more

assert, yep launch 2nd edition of Gambia's Good Market