Trade Committee Visits Tomato and Cement Factories
By: Kebba AF Touray
The Trade Committee of the National Assembly yesterday continued its site visit to the GACH Tomato Paste Factory and...
Retailers at SerreKunda Market lament lack of Access
By: Kebba AF Touray
Retailers at the Serrekunda market yesterday lamented lack of access and space at the market.
They made the remarks during the...
Banjul Breweries Staff Protest against high Tax Levy
By Nelson Manneh
The staff of Banjul Breweries Ltd (Julbrew) yesterday held a protest at the company's main gate in Kanifing, against the recent tax...
Banjul Breweries Negotiates With Government
By Nelson Manneh
Borry Darboe, Country Sales and Marketing Manager of Banjul Breweries Company Ltd. over the weekend, informed Foroyaa of their negotiation engagements with...
Banjul Breweries Halts Production
By Nelson Manneh
The Banjul Breweries Ltd commonly known as Julbrew has yesterday the 13th of May 2019 stopped the production of all kind of...
Trade Ministry Tasks Bureau to Develop Standards for Bread
By Momodou Jarju
Officials of The Gambia Standards Bureau (TGSB) have disclosed that the Ministry of Trade, Regional Integration and Employment, has tasked them to...
Stakeholders Urge Government to Reconsider the Tax Levied on Banjul Breweries
By Nelson Manneh
Wholesalers, retailers and consumers of Banjul Breweries Ltd. Products, have called on Government to revisit the tax levied on the Company.
The stakeholders...
Tomato Factory calls for Government Support
By Yankuba Jallow
Sait Drammeh, the Managing Director of GACH has asked for government support particularly with the cost of electricity, which he considered as...
Third Fuel Price Increment In 2019
By Makutu Manneh
The prices of petrol and diesel has increased for the third time in 2019.
After visiting different fuel stations within the Kanifing Municipality,...
Banjul Breweries Ltd on the Verge of Shutting Down
By Nelson Manneh
Borri Darboe the Country Sales and Marketing Manager of the Banjul Breweries Ltd yesterday indicated that if the Government does not revise...
‘Senfour’ Bakers Lament Challenges Encountered After Bikers Suspension
By Nelson Manneh
‘Senfour’ Bakers have narrated to this reporter their current challenges after the Government suspended ‘bikers’ or distributors who serve as middlemen in...
Stakeholders Not Pleased with Suspension of ‘Bikers’
By Nelson Manneh
Bakers, ‘bikers’, vendors have expressed their displeasure with the decision of the government to prohibit ‘bikers’ from supplying bread for retail sale.
The ‘bikers’...
Government Suspends ‘Bikers’ from Supplying Bread
By Nelson Manneh
The Ministry of Trade, Industry, Regional Integration and Employment has decided to temporarily suspend operations of all “bikers” from Kanifing Municipality...
Internet Service Providers React To Sonatel’s Coming To Gambia
By Yankuba Jallow
Gambian internet service providers have reacted to Sonatel’s deal to enter the Gambian market through partnering with Xoom Wireless.
Foroyaa engaged local internet...
Gambian, Senegalese Transport Unions ...
By Louise Jobe / Madi Njie
The president of the Gambia National Transport Union Omar Ceesay, and his Senegalese counterpart Gora Huma, together with other...
New Telecom Company Set to Enter Gambian Market
By Muhammed S. Bah
Subject to approval, Senegalese telecommunication giant Sonatel, is set to enter the Gambian market.
Sonatel has announced in a press release that...
Consumers, Sellers Decry Scarcity of Fish
By Makutu Manneh
After visiting many fish landing and selling points, this reporter visited Banjul and spoke to fish mongers who explained the difficulties they...
New Investment Policy To Promote Gambia’s Industralisation
By: Sana Camara
State House, 25th April, 2019 - A new Cabinet paper on the Gambia’s National Investment Policy (2019 – 2024) is seeking to...
President Barrow Urges Trade Ministry To Dialogue With Bakers
By MUHAMMED S. BAH
President Barrow has told the Ministry of Trade to engage in dialogue with Bakers in order to solve the long standing...
The Bakers, Flour Producers, Middlepersons And Consumers
Bread is a core driver of the informal sector in The Gambia. Food is an indispensable commodity. Each person must eat every day to...
