Gambia: GCCI, GEF/UNIDO Project convene SME forum on renewable energy
The Gambia Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI) in partnership with GEF/UNIDO 4 Project held a forum on the theme: “Supporting sustainable small and medium enterprises through renewable energy.”The GEF/UNIDO 4Project would continue to promote the scaling up of investment in renewable energy through promotion and awareness raising activities, development of a national renewable energy investment strategy and also investment in further renewable energy projects in The Gambia.The forum, which brought together entrepreneurs of SMES and medium-scale businesses to discuss the way forward in achieving sustainable renewable energy (RE), was held yesterday at the TANGO hall.
The forum in the form of presentations and analyses of economic and technical viability of the RE Project in The Gambia ended with a field visit to some RE demonstration projects.
In his welcome remarks, the national coordinator of the GEF/UNIDO 4 Project in The Gambia, one Mr Njie, said a similar seminar was convened for bigger companies, adding that small and medium enterprises were, therefore, provided for to discuss with them the need for renewable energy in the country.
