Contact Address Details:
Gambia Chamber of Commerce
Website:
www.gambiachamber.com
 55 Kairaba Avenue
K.M.C. Banjul area
P.O. Box 3382
Serrekunda
The Gambia
West Africa
Telephone number:
(00220) 4377190
4378929 (membership)
Fax:
(00220) 4378939, 4378936
Other Contacts:
Mr. Mam Cherno Jallow
Acting Chief Executive
GCCI
Tel no: 4378936
Fax: 4378936
Beatrice A. Prom
Advocacy & Communications Manager
Beatrice Allen
Executive Director
Trade and Investment Promotion
Tel: 220 4377189
Fax: 220 4378936
Mrs. Sarata Conateh
Economics
Tel: 220 4377190
Fax: 220 4378936
Opening hours:
Mondays -
Thursdays
8:00 a.m. - 4.00 p.m.
Fridays
8.00 a.m. - 1.00 p.m.
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Information:
 The GCCI
was was founded in 1967 as a result of the merger between the Gambia
Employer's Organisation and the Bathurst Chamber.
It is a voluntary,
not-for-profit, private sector organisation whose membership is made
up of companies from all
sectors of the Gambian business community
i.e. Trade & Commerce, Agriculture, Industry, Tourism, Transport, Telecoms services, Finance & Banking.
Before independence
the organisation's predecessor was made up of 7 members drawn from Colonial
businesses but has since seen an expansion in current membership of
over 100 times to 700 in 2008.
Functions & Objectives:
 The main
purpose of the GCCI is the delivery of vital business services to its
members and the private sector in general. It also acts as a lobby to
influence business policy in order to establish and environment that
is favourable to business activity.
Re-Organisation & Vision:
Since
the end of 2005 the GCCI has restructured its office, created a fresh
corporate image and put in place strategic priority aims based on the following mission
statement:
"To be the true representative of the business community,
providing service excellence to the members and contributing to
sustainable development".
Services:
• Information & Documentation Centre
The GCCI has a compilation of company directories and trade journals.
• AGOA Resource Centre -
The employer's organisation can provide you with a CD on the latest
information on AGOA
• SIGOA-TOPS -
Gambian companies can be part of an ECOWAS business database whereby
other companies in the sub-region can easily identify companies within
the same field of activity.
• Membership List -
They can provide you with a list of companies in certain
sectors.
All GCCI members have direct access to the full resources of the
business information centre
• Secretarial;
• Initiate business contacts;
• Match making of foreign businesses with
local counterparts;
• Serve as a conduit for business
consultancies;
• Training programmes and services for the
business community;
• Organize and coordinate trade fairs;
• Advisory services on industrial
relations;
• Promote and protect the private sector
vis-à-vis Government;
• Translation services: English-French &
vice versa;
• internships.
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