GYIN concludes packaging training for food entrepreneurs in rural areas
Bijilo, 20th March 2023: The Global Youth Innovation Network (GYIN) Gambia Chapter has successfully hosted a training Programme for more than 170 returnees, women, and youth on how to package, label, and market food products in The Gambia. The five-day training courses took place in seven selected regions between 13th February and 4th March. As […]
GYIN Gambia, Partners Commence MIL Training for Community Radio Stations
The Global Youth Innovation Network- Gambia Chapter dubbed GYIN Gambia has in partnership with UNESCO Dakar, through the UN Peace Building Fund, commenced a four-day Media and Information Literacy (MIL) for the journalists working in the community radio stations, currently underway at the FIFA Goal Project in Yundum. The training inter alai seeks to help […]
GYIN Gambia Founder Receives Recognition as An ‘Outstanding Professional’
The founder of the Global Youth Innovation Network (GYIN) Gambia chapter, Mamadou Edrisa Njie, has been recognized for his outstanding professionalism in youth development in The Gambia and beyond. The EhtioTelecom of Ethiopia in partnership with The Business Executive Media Group on November 4, 2022 presented certificate recognising Mr. Njie among outstanding professionals in Africa […]
GEPPCO Trains Persons with Disabilities on MIL
The Gambia Empowered Person with Physically Challenged Organization (GEPPCO), has over the weekend organized a daylong interface on Media and Information Literacy (MIL) for persons with disabilities. The move aimed to widen the understanding and knowledge of the members of GAPHOH regarding the subject matter (MIL). Mr. Jabel Ceesay, of the Gambia Association of the […]
URR Deputy Governor calls for regulations of hate speech, misinformation
Mamanding Ceesay, the Deputy Governor for the Upper River Region (URR) has called on the authorities to redouble their efforts in regulating the spate of hate speech and wide spread of misinformation in the country. He noted that there are numerous trainings ongoing to tackle and counter hate speech in the Gambia, but according to […]
UNESCO Dakar, Partners Disburse D600,000 to 10 Youth Organisations Across Gambia
A total of ten national and regional youth organisations across The Gambia have received a cumulative amount of D600,000.00 for the implementation of activities on Media and Information Literacy (MIL) in their respective communities. The sub-grant disbursement is coordinated by the Global Youth Innovation Network Gambia Chapter (GYIN Gambia) with funding from UN Peacebuilding Fund […]
Tropics Magazine Honors Mansa Banko Online Publisher for the second time
The Tropics Magazine has this year, 2022 honored Mamadou Edrisa Njie, Publisher and Managing Editor of Mansa Banko Online alongside other top influential personalities for the second time. Mr Njie is among the Tropics Magazine’s ‘Top 700 annual power list 2022’, thereby being recognized by the award-winning magazine’s list of ’influential Africans’. Tropics Magazine, according […]
Gov’t commends UNESCO, GYIN for Training Youth Leaders on MIL Mainstreaming
The Gambia government through its Information Minister, Hon. Lamin Queen Jammeh has commended the efforts of UNESCO for training 40 youth leaders of different organisations in the country on Media and Information Literacy (MIL) and its previous trainings. While speaking at the opening ceremony of the two-day training at the Seaview Garden Hotel in Kololi, […]
GYIN Gambia Welcomes Interns from ASA-Program
The Global Youth Innovation Network (GYIN) Gambia Chapter on 30th June 2022 welcomed two interns from the Arbeits- und Studienaufenthalte (ASA- Program) in Germany. This initiative started in 2018 as part of GYIN Gambia’s efforts in a global partnership in the fields of youth development. ASA interns, mainly students and young experts in various fields, […]
GYIN Gambia Celebrates Decade of Transformation and Service Par Excellence
The Global Youth Innovation Network Gambia Chapter (GYIN Gambia Chapter) is a household name for youth empowerment, the network is a National Youth Organization that was launched at an international workshop held from 8th to 10th October 2011 in Cotonou, Benin. GYIN is funded by the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and the government […]