Events & Milestones
The launches and openings that have marked his work as Lord Mayor of Kanifing.
Milestones
The elections, launches and openings that mark the term's progress.
Launch of a research partnership using KMC's digital addressing system to strengthen data-driven municipal governance, with Paris Dauphine University, Sciences Po Paris and the University of The Gambia.
UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina J. Mohammed visited the Council's youth skills centre at Bakoteh during a visit to The Gambia.
Launch of a community multipurpose facility valued at more than D10 million, targeting around 520 beneficiaries, most of them women.
A new section of the municipal library dedicated to Gambian languages, featuring the ADLaN (Fula) and N'Ko (Manding) scripts.
Inauguration of a D45 million public library and innovation hub delivered under the EU-funded Kanifing Environmental Transformation Programme.
Talib Ahmed Bensouda re-elected Lord Mayor of Kanifing Municipal Council.
Opening of a centre supporting training, production and commercialisation of textiles and hand-woven products, funded through the ITC Youth Empowerment Project and the EU.
Council-wide awards night marking the end of the first term.
Foundation stone laid for what would become the Kanifing Municipal Library and Innovation Hub.
Launch of a community composting pilot with WasteAid in Bakau and Abuko.
Start of the EU-funded Kanifing Environmental Transformation Programme, delivered in partnership with Peterborough City Council.
Launch of the Mbalit waste-management project across the municipality.
Talib Ahmed Bensouda elected Lord Mayor of Kanifing Municipal Council.