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The Gambia Ports Authority (GPA) is a government agency responsible for the governance and maintenance of the ports and port facilities of the Gambia, principally that of the Port of Banjul on the Gambia River. The GPA was founded in 1972 [1] and it is a member of the Port Management Association of West and Central Africa. [2]
Banjul is the country's economic and administrative centre and includes the Central Bank of the Gambia. Peanut processing is the country's principal industry, but beeswax, palm wood, palm oil, and skins and hides are also shipped from the port of Banjul. [21] Banjul is also the home of the Gambia Technical Training Institute.
The country has a total of 390 km of waterways, with the Port of Banjul being the only port, which is managed by The Gambia Ports Authority. [105] [106] The country's only international airport is the Banjul International Airport at Yundum, which is 26 km away. [107]
The National Assembly voted to advance the bill, but in July, Gambia’s parliament rejected the measure, maintaining the protections. Carmen Yasmine Abd Ali Secretary of State Antony Blinken ...
India provided a line of credit worth $92 million in April 2015 for the expansion of Banjul port, [5] [13] and $10 million to the Gambia Rural Electrification Extension Project. [5] The Banjul port increased its berth space for ships, added a container terminal, acquired cargo handling equipment and completed computerization. [11]
The paper, Gambia's first daily newspaper, [2] [self-published source] was founded by Mae Gene and Kenneth Best in 1990. [3] Kenneth Best had previously managed another paper called the Daily Observer in Liberia , until the First Liberian Civil War caused him to relocate with his family to the Gambia. [ 2 ]
On 26 January 2017, Barrow returned to the Gambia, while about 2,500 ECOWAS troops remained in the country to stabilise it. He requested the troops to remain in the country for an additional six months. The troops remained in Banjul, and at important locations such as the port and airport as well as at the main crossing points to Senegal. [17]
The conurbation of Serekunda and Banjul, known as the Kombos, is the only major urban area in the Gambia. [ 22 ] [ 23 ] The expansion of Banjul has been limited as it is an island surrounded by mangrove swamps , leading to Serekunda gaining its overflow population and some of its institutions.