GYIN GAMBIA TO GRADUATE 50 YOUTHS ON ENTERPRISE MANAGEMENT MENTORSHIP

The Global Youth Innovation Network (GYIN) Gambia chapter will on Saturday, 16th March, 2019 hold a graduation ceremony for 50 (fifty) young people who undergone its six months Youth Mentorship Programme on Enterprise Management. The graduation ceremony, which will be held at the Agricultural Rural Farmers’ Training Center in Jenoi, Lower River Region (LRR), is […]

TESTIMONY: Young lady in sheep fattening business

I am Jabou Mbye, a female young lady living in Jimbala Kerr Chendu in the Central River Region North. I am into small ruminates- sheep fattening in my village. I started the business after been awarded with the Youth Empowerment Project (YEP Gambia) Mini Grants Scheme- www.yep.gm. I received forty-seven thousand dalasis only (D47,000.00) to […]

GAMBIA: Youth Inclusion in the Agricultural Value Chain

The West Africa Rural Foundation (WARF) and the Global Youth Innovation Network Gambia Chapter (GYIN Gambia Chapter)- www.gyingambia.gm are jointly implementing a two-year (2017- 2019) project dubbed the Agricultural Value Chain Interaction Platforms (AVIP). The AVIP is an enhancement initiative with funding by the National Agricultural Land and Water Management Development Project (Nema). The Nema […]

Stakeholders Dilate on GYIN Gambia Rural Youth Awards

By: Kebba AF Touray Stakeholders in youth empowerment spheres in Basse, have spoken extensively on the significance of the forthcoming Rural Youth Awards 2019, to be organize by the Global Youth Innovation Network Gambia Chapter dubbed GYIN Gambia Chapter. This year’s event is scheduled to take place in Wuli West, Upper River Region (URR) from […]

Call for Applications- The 3rd Edition of the Rural Youth Awards 2019

DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSION:  10 March 2019 at 23:00hrs The Global Youth Innovation Network Gambia Chapter (GYIN Gambia), in collaboration with key partners- The Youth Empowerment Project (YEP), The Building Resilience Against Food and Nutrition Insecurity in the Sahel (P2RS), Wuli and Sandu Development Agency (WASDA) and the National Youth Council (NYC) is inviting youth (aged […]

GYIN-Gambia Rural Youth Award NOC meets NYC Executive Director

 The Global Youth Innovation Network – Gambia’s Rural Youth Award National Organizing Committee members on Wednesday paid a courtesy call to the executive director of the National Youth Council, Lamin Darboe to inform him about the upcoming third edition of the awards 2019. The award recognises and celebrates the achievements of rural youths in entrepreneurship […]

GYIN Gambia Gears Up For 3rd Edition RYAs 2019

Preparations are at high gears at the Global Youth Innovation Network (GYIN) Gambia secretariat for the coordination and organization of its upcoming Rural Youth Awards 2019 with hashtag #GYINGambiaRYA2019. This year’s RYAs, which is the third edition on the theme: “Discovering Rural Value Chain by Putting Young People in Agricultural Value Addition”, is slated to […]

GYIN Gambia to Hold 3rd Rural Youth Award in Wuli, URR

The Global Youth Innovation Network (GYIN) Gambia chapter is to hold its 3rd Edition of the Rural Youth Award (RYA) in Wuli West, Upper River Region on 27th April, 2019. The award recognises and celebrates the achievements of rural youths in entrepreneurship and agribusiness. This year’s theme is “Discovering rural value chain by putting young […]

With only $15M, GYIN Gambia vows to create 70,000 jobs

The GYIN Gambia Executive Director, Mamadou Edrisa Njie has called on development partners and donor agencies to invest a funding package of $15 million in a bid to enable his organization to realize its innovative ideas in creating 70,000 direct and indirect jobs for young people across the country. To implement these ideas, Mr. Njie […]