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Gambia set to host continental BVB Youth Development Cup
The Point
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The tournament is set to run from September 2nd to 7th September 2025. The championship is aimed at preparing and empowering young athletes in Africa. The tournament is built up to Dakar 2026 Youth Olympic Games. FIVB has approved Knowledge...
Gambia to Host Continental Volleyball Tournament
The Voice Gambia
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August 18, 2025
By: Kemo Kanyi The Gambia Volleyball Federation is preparing to host the Confederation of African Volleyball (CAVB) tournament in Banjul. The event is a joint initiative of CAVB, the Fédération Internationale de Volleyball (FIVB), and Olympic...
From Senegal to The Gambia: Imam Bacchus reflects on Slave Trade atrocities
Caribbean Life - New York
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August 17, 2025
Imam Shaykh Safraz Bacchus, center engaged several African children during his 2024 trip to continue his humanitarian work, He distributed school supplies and food hampers. Photo courtesy of Imam Shaykh Safraz Bacchus Guyanese-born Imam Shaykh...
Good Morning Mr President: Guiding The Gambia’s Decision on Banjul Int’l Airport Concession: A Defining Moment
The Point
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Mr President, we can - and must - learn from our neighbours who have walked this path before us. Senegal: The LAS Model for Growth: “Strong partners, strong results.” Structure: In 2016, Senegal awarded a 25-year concession to LAS...
WA Deaf Football Tourney: GDSA solicits support to purchase air tickets to travel to Nigeria
The Point
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President of the Gambia Deaf Sports Association, Lamin Ceesay, revealed that they received a grant of one million dalasi from the Ministry of Youth and Sports, adding that the one million dalasi is enough to cover their stay in the tournament....
Trans African Tourism & Unity Campaign launches from Accra, championing a visa-free Africa by 2030
The Herald Ghana
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August 18, 2025
The Trans African Tourism & Unity Campaign will embark on a historic 40,000-kilometer road journey across 39 African countries, starting from Accra from today, August 18, 2025. This groundbreaking initiative is a 163-day road journey across Africa...
Historic road trip across Africa to push for visa-free travel by 2030
Business Day
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August 17, 2025
A bold campaign to break down visa barriers and unite Africa will set off from Accra on Monday, August 18, 2025, embarking on a record 40,000-kilometre journey across 39 African countries. The initiative—called the Trans African Tourism & Unity...
Trans African Tourism & Unity Campaign launches in Accra to champion visa-free Africa by 2030
CNR Citi Newsroom
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August 17, 2025
The Trans African Tourism & Unity Campaign will embark on a historic 40,000-kilometer road journey across 39 African countries, starting from Accra on Monday, August 18, 2025. This groundbreaking initiative is a 163 day road journey across Africa...
Fine for drunken Wigan aeroplane passenger
Wigan Today
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August 19, 2025
A Wigan holidaymaker has been fined for being drunk on a plane. Melusi Xaba, 53, of Nottingham Place, Whelley, appeared before Manchester magistrates to plead guilty to being disruptively intoxicated on a flight from Banjul in Gambia to Manchester...
Ekiti State Governor, Keyamo, others Bag Travellers Award 2024/2025
Daily Independent
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August 16, 2025
1 LAGOS – Mr. Abiodun Oyebanji, the Governor of Ekiti State, has bagged the ‘Tourism Governor of the Year 2024/2025’ for his strategic investments in tourism infrastructure, cultural promotion, and sustainable development initiatives that have...
Develop Domestic Tourism, Akwaaba Founder, Uko Charges African Countries
This Day
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August 16, 2025
Charles Ajunwa The Founder and organiser of Akwaaba African Travel Market, Ikechi Uko, has called on African countries to develop their respective domestic tourism. According to him, with 1.4 billion people from 54 countries, Africa gets less than...
Bio’s ECOWAS job: It is travel, not leadership
Cocorioko
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August 16, 2025
By Alpha Amadu Jalloh Sierra Leoneans are paying the price while their president flies first class across West Africa. Julius Maada Bio’s ECOWAS chairmanship has become less about leadership and more about a tax-funded joyride. While citizens...
2025 Akwaaba Travel Market to strategise tourism growth in Africa
The Guardian (Nigeria)
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August 15, 2025
With a population of 1.4 billion across 54 nations, Africa receives fewer than 100 million tourists annually. Yet, the potential for growth is immense. If each African country could generate between 10% and 20% of its population as domestic...
Oyebanji, Keyamo win top honours at Travellers Award
News Diary Online
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August 15, 2025
Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo, and Governor of Ekiti, Abiodun Oyebanji, have been recognised among top industry personalities to be honoured By Joan Odafe Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus...
Gambia U-18 beach volleyball team to camp in Qatar prior to World beach championship
The Point
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The team will be training in Qatar before the start of the FIVB U-18 volleyball championship. The Gambia are crowned champions of the just concluded CAVB U-18 Beach Volleyball Continental Championship in Abuja, Ivory Coast. The Gambia U18 teams...
'Bakoteh Messi' - Minteh's rise from sandy Gambian pitches
BBC
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August 15, 2025
Yankuba Minteh's talents have taken him all the way to the Premier League but it was on a sandy pitch in Bakoteh, West Africa, where he honed his skills. And while his mother did not approve of how much time Minteh, now 21, spent playing football...
Africa travel is booming - but here's how to do it the right way
Nine
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August 15, 2025
"I hate the term bucket list, it implies a checklist. And Africa is so much more than that," Jacques Smit from Sabi Sabi Collection tells me. And yet, when it comes to an African holiday, the term bucket list is almost unavoidable. Right now,...
Gambian All-Female Group Flex Fuzion to Represent Gambia at Major Music Festivals in China
The Voice Gambia
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August 12, 2025
By: Yunus S. Saliu Flex Fuzion, one of The Gambia’s leading performing arts collectives, has received a prestigious invitation from the Government of the People’s Republic of China to participate in two major cultural festivals this summer. The...
Dr Adesina speaks at Kenya Law Society Confab
Business Ghana
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PROTOCOLS Honorable Chief Justice of Kenya, Chief Justice Martha Koome, Distinguished Judges of the Supreme Court, President of the Kenya Law Society, Mrs. Faith Odhiambo, Committee Members of the Kenya Law Society, Esteemed Judges, Respected...
GTBoard, ValueJet launch FAM-Trip to boost regional tourism
The Point
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The tour featured a blend of Nigerian and Gambian social media influencers, business leaders, travel writers, popular Nigerian actors, and senior officials from both ValueJet and GTBoard’s marketing unit. The visiting influencers were hosted by...