The Gambia Government has launched a project to provide matching grant support to qualifying Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) and eligible private enterprises to become more competitive, grow their businesses, create jobs and increase household incomes.
The launching of the Matching Grant Facility on 27
December, according to the Minister of Trade,
Industry, Regional Integration and Employment, “signifies that we will be
entering 2012 with hopes and aspirations to become better entrepreneurs with
resolutions of creating employment, better services and sustained wealth for
improved livelihood of the Gambian people”.
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| Gambia's Trade Minister, Hon. Kolley |
In his launching statement at the Kairaba Beach
Hotel recently, Trade Minister Abdou Kolley said the project would help The
Gambia’s private sector to successfully partake and grow in the domestic and
international market.
The Matching Grant Facility (MGF) is a sub-component
of the World Bank-funded Growth and Competitiveness Program. It seeks to confirm long-term sustainable job
creation and income generation by providing enterprises in The Gambia with the
necessary assistance to facilitate growth of their business in a planned,
business-savvy manner.
