(ANSA) - DUBAI, 11 OCT - "Gambia is the promised land for small and medium-sized Italian companies, I hope that Italian fashion companies, which are so creative and renowned, will invest in my country. Italian companies can invest in Gambia, supported by the incentives we are giving to create an industrial district around the Banjul area of the capital ". Word of Seedy Keita, Minister of Industry, Trade and Employment of The Gambia, one of the smallest African states, which develops in a long and narrow strip that goes from the Atlantic and runs along the river of the same name, the country borders only with Senegal.
The Gambia enjoys a long period of peace and political stability, the population, 8 ethnic groups, coexist peacefully, as well as being welcoming and colorful. The delegates present at Expo all wear long dresses in the most varied colors, from red tunics to bright yellow ones to bright blue, like the one worn by Ousainou Senghore, delegate for the development of investments in Gambia at Expo Dubai. "Italy has the best skills and competences in the industrial agriculture sector - says Senghore - Our country has a largely agricultural economy and we need to innovate it with the technology that Italy in this sector is capable of bringing. The Gambia is not so far from Italy, we have direct flights and is about 5 hours by plane. The country has a liberal economy,it is safe and open for business. Our investment policies are very strong and no taxes are paid ", Senghore underlines on the sidelines of the press conference of the Gambia Minister for Tourism Hamat Bah." The Gambia is absolutely to be taken into consideration for an Italian company, which makes innovation ".
Recently, before the pandemic, the spotlight of tourism had turned on the small Gambia, National Geographic had told the experience of crossing the Gambia River aboard their traditional motor boats. Tourism Minister Hamat Bah organized a press conference with the international journalists present at Expo to relaunch tourism. "The companies have to promote tourism to the Gambia, because we are developing high standards, we are educating the territory and it is one of the safest countries in Africa," he says with transport. Minister Bah also warmly thanked the hosts of the Arab Emirates who, he emphasizes, "gave us the largest pavilion we have ever had at a universal exhibition".The Gambia Pavilion is one of the many prefabricated buildings given to the poorest countries that have not built their own structure to participate in Expo. Located next to the imposing Mobility Pavilion, Alif, inside is a purple of typical Gambian agricultural products and tribal artifacts sent on display in Dubai.
In reality, in addition to tourism and small and medium-sized enterprises, the Ganese delegation, which came to Expo in search of investments, fought a lot on the opportunities that the territory offers from the point of view of renewable energy, obviously solar energy and also water.
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