 
Contact Address:
Gambia
Chamber of Commerce 
GCCI Banjul area HQ
Kerr Jula
Bertil Harding Highway
Bijilo, Ksmd, Kmc
P.O. Box 3382 Serrekunda
The Gambia 
West Africa
Tel no: 446 3452 / 446 1450
Fax: -
Email: ceo@gcci.gm
Twitter: @presidentgcci
@gambiachamber @ceogcci
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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
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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.
Opening hours:
Mondays - Thursdays
8:00 a.m. - 4.00 p.m.
Fridays
8.00 a.m. - 1.00 p.m. |
