 
Contact Address Details:
Gambia
Chamber of Commerce
Banjul area head office
Importers
& Exporters
Kerr Jula
Bertil Harding Highway
Bijilo, Ksmd 
P.O. Box 3382
Serrekunda, Kmc
The Gambia
West Coast Region
West Africa
Tel no: +220 446 3452 (membership)
446 1450
Fax: -
Email:
ceo@gcci.gm
Twitter: @gambiachamber @ceogcci @presidentgcci
Opening hours:
Mondays -
Thursdays
8:00 a.m. - 4.00 p.m.
Fridays
8.00 a.m. - 1.00 p.m.
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Information:
The GCCI was was founded in 1967 as a result of the merger
between the Gambia Employer's Organisation and the Bathurst
Chamber.
It is a voluntary, not-for-profit, private sector organisation
whose membership is made up of companies from all sectors
of the Gambian business community
i.e. Trade & Commerce, Agriculture,
Industry, Tourism, Transport,
Telecoms services,
Finance
& Banking.
Before independence
the organisation's predecessor was made up of 7 members drawn from Colonial
businesses but has since seen an expansion in current membership of
over 100 times to 700 in 2008.
Functions & Objectives:
 The
main purpose of the GCCI is the delivery of vital business
services to its members and the private sector in general.
It also acts as a lobby to influence business policy in order
to establish and environment that is favourable to business
activity.
Re-Organisation & Vision:
Since
the end of 2005 the GCCI has restructured its office, created a fresh
corporate image and put in place strategic priority aims based on the following mission
statement:
"To be the true representative of the business community,
providing service excellence to the members and contributing to
sustainable development".
Services:
• Information & Documentation Centre
The GCCI has a compilation of company directories and trade journals.
• AGOA Resource Centre -
The employer's organisation can provide you with a CD on the latest
information on AGOA
• SIGOA-TOPS -
Gambian companies can be part of an ECOWAS business database whereby
other companies in the sub-region can easily identify companies within
the same field of activity.
• Membership List -
They can provide you with a list of companies in certain
sectors.
 All
GCCI members have direct access to the full resources of the
business information centre
• Secretarial;
• Initiate business contacts;
• Match making of foreign businesses with
local counterparts;
• Serve as a conduit for business
consultancies;
• Training programmes and services for the business community;
• Organize and coordinate trade fairs;
• Advisory services on industrial
relations;
• Promote and protect the private sector vis-à-vis Government;
• Translation
services: English-French & vice versa;
• Internships.
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