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Tourism Minister Harps On Bribery At Airport, Etc.

In collaboration with the YEP, Minister Bah said the GTHI trained 400 youth including returnees, in areas of food services and beverages; that those trained are now actively working in the tourism industry. He said his Ministry has created a new training centre in Janjanbureh and another training centre annex in Farafenni; adding his Ministry has invested heavily in the promotion of Gambian dishes, in particular the promotion of locally made food, in pursuit of discouraging imported food contents; that in partnership with their Senegalese counterparts, GTHI has trained Gambians in pastry.... Read more

Singing and rapping to show Gambian youth: ‘Make It Here’

Top local artists produce four songs about ‘Tekki Fii’ – ‘Make It Here’ in Wolof – to tell young people they can find business success in The Gambia... Read more

First batch of SKYE fund sponsored students graduated at ITC

At least thirty-two students who form the first batch of sponsored students under the European Union funded Youth Empowerment Project (YEP) SKYE funds project have graduated at Insight Training Center (ITC) on Saturday after a six-month training.... Read more

YEP Sponsored Students Graduate In Various Skills

Students sponsored by the Youth Empowerment Project (YEP), on Saturday May 4th 2019, received their certificates upon graduation from the Insight Training Center (ITC).... Read more

Owning the first salon in town: Begay Njie makes it in The Gambia

Meet 29-year-old Begay Njie of The Gambia. She's the owner of Jagleh Cosmetics and Salon in the town of Kaur in the Central River Region North. What makes her business unique? Hers is the only salon in town. 'Some people will even call me, which lets me go outside of Kaur,' she said. She used to carry bags of products - such as make-up, nails and eyelashes - to sell at weekly markets, called 'lumas'. All that changed after applying for and receiving a mini grant through the International Trade Centre's Youth Empowerment Project, funded by the European Union.... Read more

Drama turns young Gambians away from 'desperate route to Babylon'

Janet Badjan-Young saw how performing arts could provide unemployed young Gambians with an alternative to illegally migrating to Europe when one of her students was offered a job immediately after his first show. One of Gambia's most prolific award-winning playwrights and the founder in 2011 of its first performing arts venue, Ebunjan Theatre, 81-year-old Badjan-Young has since used theatre to teach youth job skills and about the dangers of migration. "(Drama) provides them the skills you need - discipline, creativity, communication skills," said Badjan-Young, who was celebrated as a "TAF icon" on Friday by the TAF Africa Foundation, a charity focused on youth empowerment in Gambia.... Read more

GHE, YEP provide start-up kits to trainees

ITC International Trade Centre : The Gambia kicks off programme to increase job opportunities for young people