YEP | In The News

Revisiting our cultural heritage!

As the world evolves and new and more sophisticated items are developed, technological advancement is having a great impact on world’s cultural heritage. The issue is more compounded with advances in today’s tech world, which seem to overshadow many areas and worse affected are cultural norms.... Read more

Janjanbureh Kankurang festival to promote heritage, tourism

News outlet: The Point

Thousands of people over the weekend flocked into the community of Janjanbureh to celebrate the third edition of the Janjanbureh Kankurang Festival. The event, which was held from 17 to 19 January 2020 was designed to promote cultural heritage and attract tourism.... Read more

Minister Bah to launch Janjanbureh Kankurang Festival

News outlet: The Point

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

News outlet: The Point

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

News outlet: The Point

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

News outlet: The Point

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

News outlet: The Point

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

News outlet: ORF

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

News outlet: The Point

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

News outlet: Freedom newspaper

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