Business News | Merck Foundation CEO Meets The Gambia First Lady & 13 First Ladies of Africa and Asia at the 7th Edition of MFFLI Summit

BusinessWire India Banjul [Gambia]/ Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], September 5: Merck Foundation, the philanthropic arm of Merck KGaA Germany, conducted the 7th Edition of Merck Foundation First Ladies Initiative - MFFLI Summit 2025 recently. It...

Business News | Merck Foundation CEO Meets Zimbabwe First Lady & 13 First Ladies of Africa and Asia at the 7th Edition of MFFLI Summit

BusinessWire India Harare [Zimbabwe]/ Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], September 5: Merck Foundation, the philanthropic arm of Merck KGaA Germany, conducted the 7th Edition of Merck Foundation First Ladies Initiative - MFFLI Summit 2025 recently. It...

The Gambia’s economy maintains growth momentum amid global uncertainty

Expanding Solar Capacity Is Africa’s Socio-Economic Opportunity –Jinapor 

Minister for Energy and Green Transition, John Abdulai Jinapor, has called on African nations to urgently transform the continent’s vast solar potential into concrete projects, warning that failure to act would deepen inequality in global energy...

Police Announce Nairobi Road Closures Ahead of Kenya vs Gambia World Cup Qualifier

Nairobi residents have been warned to brace for major traffic disruptions along Thika Road from 6 am on Friday, September 5, ahead of Kenya's match against Gambia. Harambee Stars is expected to play Gambia in the World Cup Qualifiers at the Moi...

Zenith Bank plans expansion into Côte d’Ivoire

Zenith Bank Plc, Nigeria’s second-largest lender by market value, plans to expand in Africa, starting with the Ivory Coast, after raising fresh capital to meet new regulatory requirements. According to Bloomberg, Olukayode Akinbinu, the bank’s...

Kenyans bank on Kasarani fireworks ahead of Gambia tie

Harambee Stars players go through their paces in a training session at Utalii Sports Club. [Jonah Onyango, Standard] Harambee Stars will be seeking a crucial victory when they host The Gambia in their Group F 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifier at...

IMF supports Gambia with $165M for economic reforms, climate finance

President Adama Barrow received the announcement during a courtesy call at State House in Banjul from Dr Outtara Wautabouna, IMF Executive Director for West Africa Constituency 1. Dr Wautabouna praised The Gambia’s macroeconomic progress,...

Birmingham Women’s Hospital welcomes the First Lady of The Gambia

Birmingham Women’s Hospital recently hosted a visit from the First Lady of The Republic of The Gambia. Her Excellency Fatou Bah-Barrow, the wife of President Adama Barrow, alongside representatives from the Gambian High Commission, were part of...

Kenya World Cup qualifiers vs Gambia and Seychelles: Dates & how to watch

After their journey in the TotalEnergies African Nations Championship (CHAN) came to an end at the knockout stages, Kenya national team Harambee Stars will shift focus to their remaining 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifiers in September. Harambee Stars’...

The Gambia hosts ECOWAS Minister of Justice 

Africa ECOWAS Ministers of Justice convened in Banjul, The Gambia, to validate two critical instruments of the Community Court of Justice, from 29th – 30th August, 2025. The meeting, convened under the auspices of the ECOWAS Commission and hosted...

Zenith Bank eyes Ivory Coast, Cameroon expansion after N350bn capital raise

Zenith Bank has revealed plans to expand into the Francophone African country, the Ivory Coast. This comes weeks after the lender raised its capital by N350.4 billion through a rights issue and public offer. As part of its expansion plans, Zenith...

West Africa’s Cocaine Superhighway Hits Home: French Navy Seizes Record Haul as Gambia Faces Rising Drug Crisis

- Advertisement - By: The Fatu Network News Desk The French Navy has already broken its annual record for drug seizures, intercepting nearly six tonnes of cocaine worth an estimated €320 million from a fishing vessel off West Africa on August...

“Intellectual Property Rights: A Cornerstone for Intra-African Trade,”

The African Regional Intellectual Property Organization (ARIPO) underscored the role of Intellectual Property (IP) rights as a cornerstone for intra-African trade as it announced participation in the upcoming Intra-African Trade Fair (IATF) 2025,...

When Nets Break and Brothers Burn: Gambians Fight Trawlers – And Each Other

- Advertisement - By: The Fatu Network News Desk Gambian fishermen say they are caught in an escalating struggle against large foreign fishing vessels known as industrial trawlers, ships equipped with powerful engines and heavy nets designed to...

HOW ARE PEOPLE FARING IN THE GAMBIA?

Most of the camera presentation of progress in The Gambia is focusing on projects. The government, however, should begin to take a deeper look at the quality of life of the citizenry. Food and fuel inflation is a driving force of hardship and...

U.S. International Trade in Goods and Services, July 2025

Explanatory Notes Goods (Census basis) Data for goods on a Census basis are compiled from the documents collected by U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and reflect the movement of goods between foreign countries and the 50 states, the...

GHIB, Vista Bank forge strategic alliance to transform West African trade finance

The strategic alliance was unveiled at CNVERGE ’25, GHIB’s flagship conference held in London under the theme “Rethinking Commodity Finance for Growth.” The agreement positions GHIB as the primary correspondent banking partner for Vista Bank’s...

200 Gambians missing at sea – activist warns of silent disaster

“Our people are out there, lost in the Mediterranean, and nobody knows if they are alive or dead,” he said, describing the tragedy as part of a wider crisis of neglect facing Gambian migrants across North Africa. “In a single year, more than a...

Liberia: Intellectual Property Rights: A Cornerstone for Intra-African Trade,” Says ARIPO

Bemanya Twebaze, ARIPO Director General Monrovia – The African Regional Intellectual Property Organization (ARIPO) underscored the role of Intellectual Property (IP) rights as a cornerstone for intra-African trade as it announced participation in...