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Mentor Abdoulie Touray
President
Investment & Exim Bank financing expert.
The Gambia China Business Council is a member-led institution dedicated to deepening commercial ties between The Gambia and the People's Republic of China — building on decades of diplomatic friendship, infrastructure grants and shared development goals.
Our work aligns with the Forum on China–Africa Cooperation (FOCAC), the Belt and Road Initiative, the African Union's Agenda 2063 and the UN 2030 Agenda — synergising Africa's resources and market potential with China's investment, equipment and technology.
To promote The Gambia as an attractive destination for Chinese trade and investment, and to facilitate market-oriented cooperation that expands from commodity trading into production capacity, local manufacturing and technology transfer.
A prosperous, industrialised Gambia serving as the commercial gateway to West Africa — where every partnership travels the arc from trade, to investment, to industrialisation, to shared prosperity.
Promote The Gambia as an attractive destination for Chinese trade and investment.
Source Chinese strategic investors, manufacturers, EPC contractors and technology partners.
Enable direct B2B, B2G and G2G engagements between Gambian and Chinese enterprises.
Develop bankable partnerships and joint ventures in priority sectors.
Promote technology transfer and local manufacturing over pure commodity trade.
Prioritise women-owned and women-led enterprises through the Gambia Women's Chamber of Commerce.
Position The Gambia as a commercial gateway to the wider ECOWAS and AfCFTA markets.
Turn meetings into concrete MOUs, supply agreements and investment proposals.
The relationship is tangible. Chinese grants delivered the Fatoto–Basse road and bridge, opening the country's east, and the Gambia International Conference Centre now anchors the nation's diplomatic calendar. Ambassadors on both sides — and the Economic & Commercial Office of the Chinese Embassy in Banjul — actively champion deeper cooperation.
GCBC builds on that foundation, moving the relationship from government-led projects toward market-oriented, private-sector partnerships with lasting industrial value.
A board of specialists in finance, industry, education, gender and communications — chaired from Banjul with resident representation in Guangzhou.