Momarr Mass Taal is a Gambian entrepreneur who founded Tropingo Foods to process local agricultural produce and reach wider markets. Starting with groundnuts, the business also developed dried-mango production. His enterprise has linked smallholder production with export opportunities and attracted recognition from the Tony Elumelu Foundation and Forbes Africa.
Modou N. S. Njie is a Gambian technology entrepreneur who founded Farm Fresh and Money Farm. Drawing on experience in information technology, he developed online services that connect farmers with customers and potential investors. His work addresses market access and agricultural finance while exploring how digital tools can support locally produced food.
Hannah Forster, born Hannah Johnson, was a Gambian entrepreneur and an early woman in municipal politics. After teaching, she developed shops and trading businesses in Bathurst and several river settlements. Her commercial activities included kola nuts and oysters. She also became one of the first women elected to Bathurst Town Council in 1946.
Alieu Jallow is a Gambian social entrepreneur who founded Startup Incubator Gambia to support young business founders. His work combines mentorship, practical training and business-development services. He also founded the Young Entrepreneurs Association of The Gambia and participated in the Mandela Washington Fellowship, connecting local enterprise development with international youth-leadership networks.
Adama Bah is a Gambian tourism professional known for advocating tourism that benefits local communities. After a long career in hotel operations, he developed community-tourism initiatives and co-founded the Institute of Travel and Tourism of The Gambia. His international work includes responsible-tourism training, consultancy and awards judging.
Sheikh Tejan Nyang is a Gambian tourism professional and co-founder of the Institute of Travel and Tourism of The Gambia. His career has included tour operations, public tourism administration and work on the national tourism master plan. Through professional training, he has helped develop skills for Gambian and West African tourism workers.
Fatou Mbenga Jallow is a Gambian economist and enterprise-development specialist whose work has supported investment, exports and youth entrepreneurship. She led the Gambia Investment and Export Promotion Agency and later worked on the International Trade Centre’s Youth Empowerment Project. Her work has also supported women entrepreneurs through SheTrades initiatives in West Africa.
Muhammed Jah is a Gambian entrepreneur associated with the development of internet access, telecommunications and technology services. He founded QuantumNET, which grew into the wider QGroup. His business career also includes technology training and consumer electronics, reflecting the expansion of locally founded companies within The Gambia’s digital economy.
Mustapha Njie, widely known as Taf, is a Gambian entrepreneur who established TAF Construction in 1990 after working in the construction industry. The company expanded into property development and related businesses in The Gambia and other African countries. His career has also included mentoring and public discussion of entrepreneurship and housing.
Gibril Faal is a British-Gambian development specialist whose work spans social enterprise, migration and diaspora finance. A co-founder of GK Partners, he developed RemitAid to explore remittances as a source of development funding. His career includes international advisory work, leadership in diaspora-development organisations and teaching at the London School of Economics.
