GYIN Gambia ELIT 2019 Summer Camp to Begin July 21 in Basse
Churchill’s Town, June 20, 2019 — The 4th edition of the National Youth Summer Camp on Entrepreneurship, Leadership, and Information Technology (ELIT) will be held in Basse, Upper River Region (URR) from 21 – 31 July, 2019. This year’s 10-day youth camp will allow young people to acquire relevant knowledge and skills to start and successfully […]
ITA Director General receives GYIN Gambia Delegation
As part of the Regional Visit to Dakar, Senegal, GYIN Gambia Delegation this morning- 29th May, 2019 paid a courtesy call on the Director General of the Institut de Technologie Alimentaire – an Institute for Food Technology (ITA), Dr Mamadou Amadou Seck in his office at the ITA Complex. The Director General welcomed the delegation […]
Chairperson of NBR Young Entrepreneurs’ Breaking Barriers
The Chairperson of NBR Young Entrepreneurs’ Association, Mr. Alfu M. Sarr will be traveling to Dakar, Senegal for a Regional Exchange visit from 26th – 31st May 2019 organised by GYIN Gambia.with funding from YEP Project. Mr. Sarr a Rural Youth Champion of GYIN Gambia’s Rural Youth Awards 2018 winner “Best Business Innovation of the […]
GYIN Gambia Rural Youth Award Winners off to Senegal
A number of five young Gambian entrepreneurs’ selected from Global Youth Innovation Network (GYIN) Gambia Chapter Rural Youth Champions will benefit from a weeklong Regional Exchange visit to Dakar, Senegal from 26th – 31st May, 2019. The Regional Exchange visit is funded by the Youth Empowerment Project (YEP). Speaking to reporters shortly before departure, Mamadou […]
ELIT Alumni turns Champion Cashew Farmer
Introducing Modou Lamin Sanyang, a Cashew Farmer cum Poultry Producer. He is the proprietor of ML Business Venture in Foni Bulock Village, West Coast Region. As an uprising young entrepreneur in his native Village, Sanyang was motivated to venture into cashew farming after attending the first edition of GYIN Gambia’s Entrepreneurship Leadership Information and Technology […]
Young Female ELIT Alumni Establishes Poultry Farm
GYINer Sainabou Ngack has made a household name for herself by being the first female to establish the first-ever Poultry Farm in her native village of Pakau Njogu, North Bank Region. Being among the “five best selected participants” in GYIN Gambia’s Entrepreneurship Leadership Information & Technology (ELIT) 2018 National Youth Summer Camp with cash prize […]
1st disbursement of Rural Youth Awards 2019 funds
Winner of Best Service Provider of Agro-Products of the Year 2019 of GYIN Gambia Rural Youth Awards, Lamin Kinteh receiving his first disbursement of D25,000.00 worth of agricultural inputs to support his business. Presented by the GYIN Gambia, Executive Director, Mamadou Edrisa Njie, the items include Watering Cans, Sprayers, Insecticides, Seeds and among a host […]
RURAL YOUTH AWARDS WINNERS’ MEET P2RS DIRECTOR
After winning the GYIN Gambia Rural Youth Awards 2019, the ten (10) awardees along with the GYIN Gambia Executive Director, Mamadou Edrisa Njie, Chairperson Rural Youth Awards 2019 National Organsing Committee. Mr. Sarjo Jarju and GYIN Gambia Head of Programmes, Mrs. Jainaba Manjang on 7th May, 2019 paid a courtesy visit to the Project Director […]
Agribusiness Sector is Gaining Momentum
Introducing Lamin Jaiteh, the Proprietor of Jaiteh Kunda Poultry Farm in Brikama Nyambai Jaiteh, a tailor by profession, started his poultry business in January 2019 with 60 broilers. After realizing the benefits involved in poultry, he decided to continue with the business which grew to 90 chicks as his second batch. He was inspired and […]
Celebrating An Uprising Young Entrepreneur
Ahmad M. Ceesay, a GYINer and the Proprietor of Keneba Tech in Sukuta, has recently successfully completed a six weeklong training on Entrepreneurship, Financial Literacy and Graphic Design plus a three-month internship at the YMCA in Kanifing. The training was funded by the Youth Empowerment Project (YEP), as part of its launched SET Training Programs […]