Series 6 Building an Entrepreneurial Ecosystem in The Gambia: Entrepreneurship Replaces Migration. Episode 130 with Mbadibba Jammeh & Babucarr Jobe.

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Mbadibba is an expert in business management, finance, migration, entrepreneurship, and a trusted trainer.  Her passion to coach and develop emerging business leaders was honed during an impressive fellowship entrepreneurship program “Tony Elumelu Entrepreneurship Foundation” a program that supports African entrepreneurs through entrepreneurship trainings, and funding.  This is where her business idea was selected as one of the best ideas that can transform Africa’s economy.  She founded an Agrio-business farm, and created employment.

Mbadibba has provided her expertise to institutions and supported entrepreneurs in The Gambia to better develop their business ideas. She has been featured, in the Tony Elumelu Foundation (TEF) website and the Gambia daily observer as one of the educated professionals who ventured into agricultural farming for profit. She has provided her migration expertise in many forums, to provide alternatives to irregular migrants.  She received her BA Honors degree from the University of Herefordshire in the United Kingdom, and completed a Masters in Business Administration from the University of Nicosia Cyprus.  Mbadibba is chatty, adventurous, and excited about learning from others.

Babucarr Jobe, upon finishing his schooling travelled through a journey where he spent almost 4 to 5 years struggling to get into Europe but things fell apart. He couldn’t achieve his dreams of getting into Europe.  He faced many difficulties and life became so frustrated and difficult until he received admission to a skill training course on satellite installations at GTMI (Gambia Telecommunications and Multimedia Institute), under the sponsorship of IOM (International Organisation for Migration).

Upon completing the course he was still under the sponsorship of the IOM to pursue entrepreneurship training.  After completing the training he had a business idea called Jobis Connection Services, a local internet provider which works with satellite installation.  He came up with the idea in 2020 after providing internet connection to the uses of routers, which could help the user to have access with the internet at an affordable rate.  It also goes with the installation of satellites, which could enable most local customers-both rural and urban- to have access to the uses of the internet at a low cost.  It is now a fully registered business.

Guests: MBADIBBA JAMMEH & BABUCARR JOBE

LinkedIn-Mbadibba: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mbadibba-jammeh-03127748/

Host: Jo-Ann A. Hamilton

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Resources Mentioned:

• Startup Grind Banjul
• Gambia Telecommunications and Multimedia Institute
• International Organisation for Migration
• AfriJobs
• Tony Elumelu Foundation

Credits:

• Produced and Hosted by-Jo-Ann A. Hamilton
• Music by Notes to the Soul

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