Vertigo in Dakar: Musa Bassadi Jawara Chronicles Ousmane Sonko’s Vacillations — A Study in Astonishment and Amusement By Musa Bassadi Jawara Economist & Author For two years, a digital militia armed with insults, not arguments, has besmirched _Bintou’s Point Kerewan_ and its author for daring to tell an uncomfortable truth: that demagoguery is not governance, that slogans are not statecraft, and that Ousmane Sonko’s inexperienced cabal at the helm in Dakar would collide with the hard...

Omar A. Manjang has joined regional leaders, farmers, innovators, private sector representatives, government officials, civil society organizations, and development partners from across 12 ECOWAS member states in Banjul for a high-level validation workshop aimed at assessing the implementation of the ECOWAP 2025 framework and shaping the future of agricultural development in the region. Omar A Manjang speaking at the ECOWAS Agricultiral Policy Validation Workshop The workshop, held from June...

Gunjur, The Gambia – BE REEL Gambia has successfully concluded a four-day foundational micro-business training programme for women entrepreneurs from Central Gunjur and the remote community of Santambaa under its lower training initiative known as Julaya-silo. Women entrepreneurs receive their certificates from BE REEL The training brought together more than 90 women entrepreneurs and focused on equipping participants with practical business skills designed to strengthen their enterprises and...