Making it in The Gambia: Following the return to democracy, an increasing number of young Gambians are returning home determined to make a difference.

• Date: 01 October 2018
• Author: Baglaeva, Ekaterina

Young people in the Gambia are choosing to 'make it' at home rather than go abroad. Youth in the Gambia--which make almost 64% of the country's population--have big dreams and are willing to work for them.

'The youth are eager and hungry to be successful, to be job creators and to help develop our country,' says fashion designer Awa Conateh of Yaws Creations.

At the end of 2016, The Gambia went through a peaceful democratic transition. This opened the way for political and economic reforms...