This is very interesting Gassa, and something positive for our youth who need all the assistance they can get. Does the bank have a website? I visited with Mamour Jagne in 1997 when i was in Gambia, and they seemd ready and willing to fund viable and promising enterprensurial projects. I found all of the people there very professional and pleasant to interact with. Jabou Joh In a message dated 7/20/2002 12:27:31 PM Central Daylight Time, [log in to unmask] writes: > NYSS, AGIB launch youth enterprise development fund > > By Fatou Touray > > AGIB the Banjul-based Arab Gambian Islamic Bank Ltd has announced the > establishment of the NYSS-AGIB youth enterprise development fund with an > initial sum of D250,000. > > The fund will be a revolving facility, and will be jointly administered by > NYSS, the National Youth Service Scheme, and AGIB which on Friday launched > the fund at the bank's head office in Banjul. > > The NYSS will process all applications for financing and the bank will > disburse to individual applicants on the request of the NYSS. > > The facility will be utilised in the acquisition of machinery and tools, as > well as to provide working capital. "This will provide the much-needed > capital for the establishment of youths in gainful and productive > self-employment," AGIB's managing director Mamour Jagne said at the > launching ceremony. He announced that the revolving fund will be increased > if it proves viable, and called on the young people of this country to use > the facility wisely in a partnership with AGIB. "Any individal who performs > well will graduate from this fund to participate in the bank's general > investment pool on his or her own right as a customer," Jagne revealed. > > > >