The Gambia signed a $46mn integrated waste management project with Ghana's Jospong Group on October 28 to introduce waste collection, sorting, recycling and disposal in Banjul, Kanifing and Brikama, Gambiana and The Gambia Journal reported. The environment and finance ministries signed for the government, while the three municipal councils signed as witnesses, The Gambia Journal said.
Analysis: The waste project accounts for about one-fifth of the $215mn in agreements signed at State House that day, by our calculation. But neither the government nor Jospong has disclosed its financing, contract terms or whether households will pay collection charges. A March 2025 memorandum envisaged a waste treatment plant within six months under a public-private partnership, Ghanaian newspaper The Custodian reported. That timetable was not met in the information provided. The councils responsible for collection in the three municipalities signed the new agreement only as witnesses, leaving their future financial obligations unclear. No implementation date has been published.
Source: Gambiana (gambiana.com), Gambiana, 'Barrow presides over US$215m solar and waste management project signings', October 28, 2026, Signed October 28, 2026