Nema-Chosso Newsletter

07/05/2026

Upcoming IT & Digital Skills Training
Empowering Youth & Entrepreneurs for the Future

GYIN Gambia, in partnership with N‑Web Plus, is launching a 4‑week Digital Skills & IT Training Program in Brusubi.

Participants will gain practical, job‑ready skills in:
- Web Development
- Digital Marketing
- E‑Commerce & Online Business
- Data Analysis & AI Tools
- Freelancing & Remote Work

This program is tailored for youth, women, returnees, agripreneurs, and persons with disabilities (PWDs) — equipping them to thrive in business and beyond.

Location: Brusubi (behind GRA)
Duration: 4 weeks
Contact: 2274966 | [email protected]
Register now – Limited slots available!

Secure your future with in‑demand digital skills.

11/10/2024

Rethinking SME Finance and Marketing: Made in The Gambia Shelve available at GYIN Gambia Secretariat for Entrepreneurs at no cost

In a bid to create another marketing avenue for Small and Medium Enterprise (SMEs), the Global Youth Innovation Network (GYIN) Gambia Chapter has mounted a shelve at its secretariat to display Made in The Gambia Products.

The Made in The Gambia Shelve is an income generation for SMEs that are members of the network whereby their products will be displayed and have regular digital market thus boosting their market. This also serves as a long-term business growth and creating more and better sales for the SMEs.

Entrepreneurs registered with GYIN Gambia will now have their Made in The Gambia Products sold in GYIN Gambia Secretariat at no charges/cost and customers will directly pay to the business owners account using online digital payment systems.

For more information:
Mrs. Ida L.B Ceesay, Business Development Officer
Tel: +220 7834990 / 6728939
Email: [email protected]

Ms. Jainaba Njie, Program Officer
Tel: +220 2274966
Email: [email protected]

GYIN Gambia Secretariat
Tel: +220 2502929/ 3546917
Email: [email protected] / [email protected]

23/09/2024

Opportunity Alert!!!

If you’re a Maize Farmer in the following regions: Lower River Region (LRR), North Bank Region (NBR), Central River Region South (CRR South), Central River Region North (CRR North) and Upper River Region (URR), here is an opportunity for you.

Please click on the link to enter your details: https://forms.gle/7wcPpgrGwhKsZ8wT6

Please note, this program does not offer cash or input support.
GYIN Gambia and Commonwealth of Learning (COL) in Canada will work together to develop training materials and train farmers within the Learning, Innovative and Development Platforms (LINDEP).

The Global Youth Innovation Network Gambia Chapter (GYIN Gambia Chapter) and the Commonwealth of Learning (COL) in Canada works to implement the project title- Consolidating the Learning, Innovation, and Development Platforms (LINDEP’s) initiative in Maize Production. This program will profile 3,0...

23/09/2024

As part of the implementation of a three (3) months maize project (September – November, 2024), GYIN Gambia Chapter today, Monday, 23rd September, 2024 has deployed its profiling team to profile 3,000 maize farmers in The Gambia.

The intervention regions are: Lower River Region (LRR), North Bank Region (NBR), Central River Region South (CRR South), Central River Region North (CRR North) and Upper River Region (URR) respectively.

GYIN Gambia is currently working with the Commonwealth of Learning (COL) in Canada to support 3,000 farmers in the Maize Value Chain in The Gambia.

Read more on: www.gyingambia.gm

14/08/2024

Exciting News!

GYIN Gambia Chapter in its new project 'Trade Facilitation West Africa (TFWA)' is looking for qualified trainers on entrepreneurship who will train 200 Small-Scale Cross Border Traders in The Gambia.

The project, which is funded by the World Bank, is coordinated and implemented by Doorways gGmbH in conjunction with GYIN Gambia Chapter.

As part of its planned activities, the project will conduct a Training of Trainers (ToT) prior to the training of beneficiaries and applications are now open!

Click on the link to apply: https://forms.gle/iuwZkvbc6EFHWNUz8

For enquiries about the training, you can reach us via email [email protected] or Telephone: +220 7834990/ 5978790/ 6728939/ 2502929

NOTE: Only shortlisted applicants will be contacted

05/08/2024

EXCITING TRAINING OPPORTUNITY ALERT!!!

GYIN Gambia Chapter in its new project titled ‘Trade Facilitation West Africa (TFWA) will train about 200 Small-Scale Cross Border Traders in The Gambia’ together with its new partner called Doorways gGmbH, a company based in Germany.

The project is funded by the World Bank. The training will be done in a period of 6 weeks, with two 3-hour sessions for each participant in the week (36 hours total). The trainings will be held in Soma, Lower River Region (LRR) and in Basse, Upper River Region (URR).

NOTE: There is NO CASH GRANT or FUNDING attached to this training!

The objective of the TFWA entrepreneurship training is to enhance 200 Small Scale Cross-Border Traders with the right knowledge and attitude to better trade in the Cross-Border corridors.

Click on the link to apply:
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Introduction: The Global Youth Innovation Network Gambia Chapter (GYIN Gambia Chapter) in its new project ‘Trade Facilitation West Africa (TFWA) will train Small-Scale Cross Border Traders in the Gambia’ with its new partner called Doorways gGmbH, a company based in Germany. The project is funde...

07/06/2020

Agritech Enterprise, a Gambian-owned registered enterprise specialised in the supply of vast range of farm machinery, equipment and inputs, has on Thursday, 5th June, 2020, joined the ongoing crusade against the Novel Coronavirus Disease (COVID19) by donating over 2000 face masks to the National Agricultural Land and Water Management Development Project (Nema) for onward distribution to its project beneficiary communities-farmers.

By Mamadou Edrisa Njie Agritech Enterprise, a Gambian-owned registered enterprise specialised in the supply of vast range of farm machinery, equipment and inputs, has on Thursday, 5th June, 2020, joined the ongoing crusade against the Novel Coronavirus Disease (COVID19) by donating over 2000 face ma...

29/12/2019

The head of Agric Ministry used the interview to commend the National Agricultural Land and Water Management Development Project (Nema) for the support given to farmers this year; that is to say provision of tractors, power-tillers, combined harvesters, milling machines and many other farming inputs.

Fabureh disclosed that what they are yearning for in 2020 as a Ministry, along with the agricultural projects and supports from their development partners, “is scaling-up the value chain”.

By Mamadou Edrisa Njie After 54 years of Independence, Gambians witnessed the appointment of the first female Minister for Agriculture (MoA), Hon. Amie Fabureh- a specialist in horticulture coupled with vast experience working with smallholder farmers across the length and breadth of the country. Ma...

28/12/2019

The approved budget of the Ministry of Agriculture for the year 2020, is about D100 million more than the budget it was initially allocated by the Ministry of Finance and Economic Affairs.

The Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture, Mr. Momodou Jabang, expounding on the policy documents, he reported that the Agric Ministry, in partnership with the International Fund for Agricultural Development ( ), they developed the Country Strategic Opportunities Programme (COSOP).

COSOP is a framework for marketing strategic choices about IFAD operations in the country, identifying opportunities for IFAD financing and facilitating management for results.

The central objective of COSOP is to ensure that IFAD country operations produce a positive impact on poverty.

By Mamadou Edrisa Njie The approved budget of the Ministry of Agriculture for the year 2020, is about D100 million more than the budget it was initially allocated by the Ministry of Finance and Economic Affairs. In the first draft budget presented to the National Assembly on 18 November 2019, by Min...

23/11/2019

Gambia: EU Diplomats Want Sustainability and Continuity of Nema project

By Bakary Touray Jr A delegation of European Union Ambassadors have called on the National Agricultural Land and Water Management Development Project (Nema) benefiting communities in The Gambia to ensure sustainability and continuity of the interventions of Nema project. Ambassadors Nicole Gesnot, r...

20/11/2019

The visiting European Union Ambassadors had on Tuesday met with the Gambian leader Mr. Adama Barrow for discussions, shortly after his rally in Baddibu Saaba, in the North Bank Region (NBR) as part of his meet with the people’s tour.

By Bakary Touray Jr. The visiting European Union Ambassadors had on Tuesday met with the Gambian leader Mr. Adama Barrow for discussions, shortly after his rally in Baddibu Saaba, in the North Bank Region (NBR) as part of his meet with the people’s tour. The Ambassadors, who were received by the t...