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$28m Boosts For Basic Education

Thursday, September 03, 2009

The Minister of Basic and Secondary Education, Madam Fatou Lamin Faye, has disclosed that her ministry will from 2009-2011 benefit from $28 million...

In forged Dollar note Case, Police Officer Testifies

Monday, April 20, 2009

Inspector Fadara, the prosecuting officer in the criminal case involving Hadim Lowe and Maher Abd-EL Wakil, recently call his first prosecution...

Multi-million dollar ultra modern skills training centre for Sifoe soon

Thursday, March 19, 2009

The government of the Republic of China-Taiwan, under its International Cooperation Development Fund (ICDF), has approved a loan of US$4M (four...

Taiwan ICDF Approves Multi Million Dollar Project for Gambia

Picture: Ambassador Shih

Wednesday, March 18, 2009

The Taiwan International Cooperation and Development Fund (ICDF Taiwan) has approved over four million US Dollars loan and a grant of 0.2 million...

Hard Times Ahead

Thursday, November 13, 2008

Many of our readers will be very concerned at the report in today’s paper which indicates that remittances to West Africa are set to fall in...

ZIMBABWE: Local currency becomes an endangered species

Sunday, September 14, 2008

The Zimbabwe dollar moved one step closer to extinction after the central bank authorised the use of foreign currency as legal tender in the country...

ZIMBABWE: Banks run out of money

Tuesday, August 05, 2008

Attempts to tame Zimbabwe's multimillion percent annual inflation rate had an inauspicious beginning on 1 August when banks turned customers away...

July 2008 anniversary and the dalasi update

Tuesday, July 29, 2008

This week the Dalais goes on trading against major International Currencies notably the Pound Sterling and US Dollar with once again surrendering...

ZIMBABWE: A nation of billionaires

Thursday, July 24, 2008

Where in the world could you be a multi-billionaire and still go hungry? The answer is, of course, Zimbabwe. The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) has...

ZIMBABWE: Local dollar an endangered species as currency crashes

IRIN

Saturday, June 30, 2007

Zimbabweans are switching to barter, payment in kind and the use of foreign currencies, such as neighbouring South Africa's rand, instead of the...