The Gambia's finance ministry and revenue authority GRA signed a 10-year agreement with Senegalese fintech InTouch on October 30 to run a digital platform that monitors transactions and processes government payments, after an international tender with three bidders, The Gambia Journal reported. The system will initially target online gaming, a sector the government wants under closer tax supervision, the outlet said.
Analysis: The contract comes as the IMF reported that The Gambia narrowly missed its end-June tax revenue target. Collections totaled 17.87bn GMD (€212mn) in the first eight months of 2026, 1% below the government's target, according to the finance minister. Real-time transaction monitoring could give the revenue authority more information than taxpayer declarations alone, particularly in online gaming. Yet neither the government nor InTouch disclosed the contract value or payment formula. Without those details, it is impossible to assess how much additional revenue the state would retain. InTouch already works with public bodies in five other African countries, including Côte d'Ivoire and Cameroon.
Source: The Gambia Journal, The Gambia Journal, 'Senegalese Fintech InTouch Signs 10-Year Partnership With Gambia To Strengthen Tax Revenue Collection', October 30, 2026, Signed October 30, 2026 and Tender before October 30, 2026; Foroyaa Newspaper (Serrekunda), Minister of Finance's 2027 Budget Speech to the National Assembly, October 23, 2026, as reported by Foroyaa (October 23, 2026), January to August 2026