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Serrekunda Market Vendors Lose Customers amidst the Coronavirus Scare

By Isatou Kanyi Vendors at Serekunda market, the country’s busiest, have described how they continue to lose customers amidst fears of the deadly coronavirus that...

Police Close Shops At Serrekunda Market, Vendors Asked to Disperse

By Yankuba Jallow Municipal police and some police officers from the Gambia Police Force on Wednesday instructed all shops in the Serrekunda Market to close. The...

President Barrow freezes price of rice, other essential commodities

By Yankuba Jallow President Adama Barrow has passed a law that freezes the prices of all essential commodities to the prices they were sold in...

Ministry of Trade Dismisses rumour of food shortage

By Nelson Manneh The Ministry of Trade has on Thursday dismissed the speculation regarding low stock of essential food commodities and their prices in the...

Vendors blame uncontrolled foreign exchange rates for rising prices

Wholesalers, retailers and consumers in the Kanifing Municipality have blamed the Government of the Gambia for lack of control in the exchange rate of...

Stalls of Market Women at Latri-kunda Sabaji Demolished

By Nelson Manneh Women at the Latrikunda Sabaji Market on Monday January 3rd 2020, complained that their stalls situated near the new market building were...

Groupe Consortium Afrique Launch 25 Million Dollars Housing Project

By Nelson Manneh Mr. Thephane Martial Nikiema the CEO of Groupe Consortium Afrique in partnership with Mam Sait Njie has on Saturday 1st February 2020...

GCCI, Partners Hold Economic Forum

By Isatou Kanyi The Gambia Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI) in collaboration with the Ministry of Trade and the Gambia Investment and Export Promotion...

Why Gambia Needs to Re-brand Its Tourism Product

Makutu Manneh Gambia needs to re-evaluate its business model to establish who its competitors are and the competitive edge they have on the smiling coast...

Fish Scarcity Hits Gunjur, Other Fish Landing Sites Fishmongers give reasons...

By Hatab Nyang / Makutu Manneh Foroyaa has been informed of the scarcity of fish in the market recently prompting the Medium’s reporters to look...

Alternative Means Of Transportation In Rural Gambia

By Kebba Secka Commercial Motorcycle Transport In Farafenni Lucrative Source of Employment For Youth The Urban town of Farafenni in the North Bank is booming with...

TAF to Construct 1 Million Homes within Twenty Years

By Ndey Sowe The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of TAF Africa Global Mustapha Njie, said his Company will construct one million homes in the next...

Prices of Basic Commodities Continues to Increase as 2020 begins

By Nelson Manneh The prices of basic commodities continue to increase and consumers blame the government for not coming up with regulation on prices. Foroyaa has...

High Taxes on Domestic Businesses hinder their growth – says Young...

By Nelson Manneh Yusupha Jaiteh a young Gambian entrepreneur said high taxes levied by government is the reason why local businesses don’t grow. Mr. Jaiteh is...

Vendors, Residents in Greater Banjul Express Fear Amid 3 Years Protest

By Makutu Manneh Vendors and residents within the Greater Banjul area have expressed fear due to the demonstration of the ‘Three Years Jotna’ protesters. Vendors...

TAF Africa Global Holds Press Briefing

By Nelson Manneh TAF Africa Global on Saturday 23rd November 2019, held a press briefing on their new estate called ‘Dalaba’ Housing Estate along the...

Stakeholders Urge Gov’t to Invest in Tourism

By Momodou Jarju Stakeholders in the tourism industry on Monday urged the Gambia Government to invest in tourism, a sector that is among the highest...

Diesel Fuel Price Increases As Petrol Price Stabilize

By Makutu Manneh Prices of fuel particularly diesel continues to be unstable for the year 2019. In the last quarter of 2019, the pump price of...

Commercial Drivers Say Double Fares Bear Financial Benefits

By Kebba Secka  Some of the commercial drivers who ply between West Field and Brikama and from Serekunda to the Coastal Road areas, say the...

Fuel Prices Unstable In October

By Makutu Manneh Fuel prices have kept on rising and falling since the beginning of the year 2019. On the 1st of this month of October,...