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Businesses Embrace GRA’s Digital Tax Stamp as Industry Game-Changer
The Voice Gambia
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June 23, 2025
By: Haddy Touray The Gambia’s businesses have welcomed the introduction of the Gambia Revenue Authority’s (GRA) Digital Tax Stamp initiative as a major step forward for both private enterprise and the national economy. As part of GRA’s broader...
Nigeria recapitalizes Bank of Agriculture with N1.5 trillion, eyes regional food security leadership
Nairametrics
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June 22, 2025
The Federal Government has invested over N200 billion in agricultural interventions and recapitalized the Bank of Agriculture with N1.5 trillion to enhance food security and empower farmers nationwide. This was revealed by the Minister of...
U.S. Enters Israel-Iran Conflict: What is Indonesia's Stance?
Tempo.co
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June 23, 2025
TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - The United States (U.S.) has escalated the Israel-Iran conflict by attacking Tehran's nuclear facilities. This involvement sparks fears of a wider Middle East conflagration, potentially even triggering World War III. "The U.S....
NN Welcomes Josephine Boakai Sumo to Africa Team as Finance and Administration Officer
New Narratives
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June 25, 2025
New Narratives is thrilled to welcome Josephine Boakai Sumo to join our Africa team in the role of Finance and Administration Officer. Josephine is based in our Monrovia office and supports our teams in Liberia, Ghana and The Gambia. Josephine...
UHAS, partners launch Continental Nurse Leadership in Oncology programme
Ghana News Agency
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July 7, 2025
By Maxwell Awumah Ho, July 7, GNA – The University of Health and Allied Sciences of Ghana (UHAS) and its partners have evolved a new post graduate certificate programme to advance nurse leadership in Oncology (Cancer care delivery). The partners,...
Hon Cham Blasts Barrow Over Unrealistic Youth, Women Policies
The Voice Gambia
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June 23, 2025
By: Fatou Krubally Honourable Fatou Cham a lawmaker from Sannehmentereng Constituency, has criticised President Adama Barrow’s State of the Nation Address, saying it failed to address the harsh realities facing Gambians, particularly women and...
Nigeria Blue Economy Policy: The 1.5 trillion Plus GDP opportunity
TechEconomy
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July 5, 2025
Advertisements Advocacy for the green economy was seen as discriminatory and condescending, the rich countries telling the poor South how to manage their affairs for the benefit of humankind. It was considered a call for sacrifice by the poor...
Bangladesh seeks stronger OIC role in Rohingya justice
Bangladesh Sangsbad Sangstha
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Bangladesh seeks stronger OIC role in Rohingya justice Foreign Adviser Md Touhid Hossain today addressed the OIC Ad Hoc Ministerial Committee meeting in Istanbul. Photo: MoFA DHAKA, June 22, 2025 (BSS)- Foreign Adviser Md Touhid Hossain today...
CSOs Unite in Lagos to Tackle Malnutrition Crisis
News Diary Online
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June 23, 2025
…Call for Increased Government, Donor Support Amidst Mounting Crises Civil society organizations from 22 countries across West and Central Africa, as well as the island nations of Comoros and Madagascar, have reaffirmed their...
PRESS RELEASE: GAP Leader Calls for National Unity and Preparedness Amidst Iran-Israel Tensions
The Fatu Network
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June 23, 2025
- Advertisement - As tensions escalate between Iran and Israel, the potential global repercussions could be more devastating than the COVID-19 pandemic, especially for developing nations like The Gambia. The leader of the Gambia Action Party...
NPP Vows 2026 Win, “We’ll Defeat Whoever Stands Against Us”
The Voice Gambia
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June 23, 2025
By: Fatou Krubally The National People’s Party (NPP) has declared its firm readiness to face any opposition in the 2026 elections, confidently assuring Gambians that it will emerge victorious. Speaking at the party’s first-ever National Executive...
Talib says he will never abandon Darboe
The Standard Gambia
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June 23, 2025
- Advertisement - By Arret Jatta In his first public comment since a tense week of internal rumblings in the main opposition, United Democratic Party, Mayor Talib Bensouda of KMC and member of the party’s executive committee has declared that he...
‘There is no issue with ECOWAS Protocols, but lack of implementation by member states’
Business Day
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July 6, 2025
Tony Elumelu is a Nigerian diplomat and director of private sector at ECOWAS Commission. In June, the diplomat, who has worked in many countries in the region, represented the commission, for the first time, at Accra Weizo, a travel expo, where he...
“Girl Education Today for Women Empowerment Tomorrow”: Emphasizes Senator Dr. Rasha Kelej on ...
Business Ghana
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Merck Foundation (www.Merck-Foundation.com), the philanthropic arm of Merck KGaA Germany together with First Ladies of Africa who are also their Ambassadors, Ministries of Health, Education, Communication & Gender, mark ‘International Women’s Day...
'This drug is evil': The addictive and deadly substance ruining lives in Africa - and made from ingredients shipped from UK
Sky News
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July 3, 2025
A red shipping container sits on the tarmac of Sierra Leone's Queen Elizabeth II Quay, under swinging cranes and towering stacks of similar steel boxes. This one will likely be parked at the port permanently. The contents are suspected to be the...
USET Holds Historic Graduation of First Engineering Cohort
Foroyaa Newspaper
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June 23, 2025
By Ndey Sowe On Saturday, June 21, 2025, President Adama Barrow, the Chancellor of the University of Applied Science, Engineering and Technology (USET), officially inaugurated the new USET Brikama Campus and presided over the graduation of the...
Action Aid Disburses D1.335 million To Support Farmers in Upper Nuimi
The Voice Gambia
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June 23, 2025
By: Haruna Kuyateh Action Aid International the Gambia has disbursed D1.335million to 60 smallholder farmers in Upper Nuimi, North Bank Region, as part of 2025 cropping season support. The support which was presented to the farmers by Action Aid...
Africa Is at the Forefront of a Digital Revolution — Hon. Seedy S.K. Njie
The Voice Gambia
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July 4, 2025
By: Haddy Touray Seedy S.K. Njie, Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly, has said Africa is at the forefront of a digital revolution but warned that the continent is increasingly exposed to cyber threats that transcend borders, compromise...
Standard Chartered wraps up divestment of Tanzania operations to Access Bank
Yahoo Finance
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Standard Chartered has completed the transfer of its wealth and retail banking business in Tanzania to Access Bank. This handover concludes a strategic divestment announced in April 2022. The bank previously divested its shareholding in...
Gau Pass Releases “Lion From Zion” with Bloco Do Caos
721 News
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July 7, 2025
São Paulo, Brazil (Sonique Solutions) – After a year-long hiatus from new releases, acclaimed Brazilian singer Gau Pass returns with her dynamic and spiritually charged single, “Lion From Zion.” The track which is currently available across all...