Economics

Gambia Talks With China, Norway Investors to Revive Economy

  • Country says it offers better prospects after dictatorship
  • Government to give investors tax breaks, other incentives

Gambian President Adama Barrow arrives at Banjul International Airport.

Photographer: Andrew Renneisen/Getty Images
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Gambian officials are holding talks with Chinese and Norwegian investors on infrastructure projects to drive economic growth in the West African nation after decades of dictatorship, a minister said.

“We want investors that will understand the situation we are emerging from,” Trade, Industry and Regional Integration Minister Isatou Touray said in a May 22 interview in the Nigerian capital, Abuja. “We hope investors will see that Gambia is no longer difficult to do business in.”