Welcome to Department of Economics and Management , The department of Economics and Management Sciences (DEMS) is one of 9 departments in the University of the Gambia. The department has a student size of 346(68 female) The DEMS is situated at the university library complex behind the Pipeline Mosque. Offering courses in Economics, Management, Marketing and Finance, the department can be thought of as the university’s business school.:

PROGRAMMES CURRENTLY OFFERED

BSc Programs
Major

• Economics
• Management
  
  

Minor

• Marketing
• Finance
• Information Systems
• Economics or Management

Non BSc Programs

London Center of Marketing (LCM): the department has been offering a non degree marketing program (sales and marketing at Diploma, High professional, Advance Diploma,) in collaboration with the London Center of Marketing. The program started in July of 2007 and has been a success with an initial student enrollment of 18 students. The following six months program had an enrollment size of 32.

ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS

Five WASSCE/GCE passes at credit level including English and Mathematics in not more than 2 sittings. For the Economics and Management Sciences Department a credit in Statistics may be accepted in lieu of credit in Mathematics.

International Links

In its bid to meet international standards, the department has embarked upon a series of linkages with institutions outside the Gambia. These institutions have the necessary experience (in their area) and resources to department reach international status.

African Economic Research Consortium (AERC): this is a consortium of African Economists whose aim is to help its member Economics departments in African universities to meet international standards. AERC does this by providing funds to improve on the infrastructure and materials within the department and training of department staff at Graduate and Post Graduate level.

London Center of Marketing (LCM): the department has been offering a non degree marketing program (sales and marketing at Diploma, High professional, Advance Diploma,) in collaboration with the London Center of Marketing. The program started in July of 2007 and has been a success with an initial student enrollment of 18 students. The following six months program had an enrollment size of 32.

Association of Business Executives (ABE): the Department is currently considering collaborating with Association of Business Executives to offer courses in Business Management, Business Information Systems and Human Resource Management. These courses are at the levels of Certificate, Diploma and Advanced Diploma. A course option in Islamic Economics and Islamic Finance is also under consideration. 

International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM): IIUM has an unofficial agreement with the department to accept students nominated by the department and to provide free tuition for such students. There is currently one student from the department studying at IIUM.

University Putra Malaysia (UPM): the Department is working on an MOU with UPM which includes staff exchange visits between the two institutions and the possibility of students from the Department to further there studies at Putra.

NEWS & EVENTS

Upcoming Programs

BSc Accounting and Finance: due to a lack of highly trained personnel in the areas of Accounting and Finance, the department has deemed it fit to start a degree program in accounting and Finance. People (especially those in the private sector) have shown interest in the program. It is expected that the program will start in the 2008/09 academic year.

BSc Marketing: the department currently offers a minor in Marketing. It is expected that students will be able to major in Marketing starting from next semester, pending Senate Approval.

Association of Business Executives (ABE): the Department is currently considering collaborating with Association of Business Executives to offer courses in Business Management, Business Information Systems and Human Resource Management. These courses are at the levels of Certificate, Diploma and Advanced Diploma. A course option in Islamic Economics and Islamic Finance is also under consideration. 

Internet Connection: in order to address the problems faced by the students in our department, the department in collaboration with ECOMANSA is working on a means to open up an internet café at the library premises. This will allow students to access the net without having to go all the way to Admin just to find out if they will be able to access the net.

Research and Consultancies

During the past year the department has been involved in a number or consultancies and research.

AERC Scoping Study: this was a study done by the Department for AERC on the trade relations between Africa and China. The Gambia was among the countries chosen for the study and the department was given the task.

IFAD: the Department conducted an Impact Assessment Study for IFAD on its RFCIP project.

Economic Commission for Africa (ECA): the Department did a study for ECA about Good Governance in the Public Sector. Areas looked at included Institutional Capacity Building and Corporate Governance.

CUTS: a study on the services sector in the Gambia with emphasis on liberalization in the services industry was done for CUTS during the third quarter of last year. The findings of this study were presented at the University Seminar in December 2007.

National Association of Cooperative Credit Unions of The Gambia (NACCUG): a study of the needs of microfinance associations in the Gambia was done by the Department for NACCUG. The study was funded by Concern Universal.

Seminars

In December of 2007, Dr. Sillah and Mr Jammeh presented their findings on the Sectoral Analysis study of the Educational Services Sector at the fortnightly University Seminar at the Girls Guide Hall.

Project Management Department Seminar by Dr. Amadou Samba

Department of Economics&Management

First Name

Middle Name

Last Name

Qualifications

Position

Dr. Bukhari

Sillah

BSc.(Hons) Econs, MA (Econs), Ph.D (Econs)

HOD/Lecturer I

Sulayman

M.B.

Fye

B.A. (Hons), M.A, Dip. (Economics Development)

Snr Lecturer

Mohammed

E.

Jammeh

B.Sc. (Agriculture), MBA (Marketing)

lecturer II

Juha

Karhia

BSc (Econs), MSc (Econs)

Lecturer II

Alagie

Fadera

BSc. (Economics), HTC

Graduate Assistant

Mustapha

Jobarteh

BSc. (Econs)

Graduate Assistant

Yaya

S.

Jallow

BSc. (Econs)

Graduate Assistant

Madi

Ceesay

BSc (Economics),MSc. (Accounting)

Part-time lecturer

Dr. Prince

Mike

Ikupolati

BSc (Hons), MBA, FCII, ACII, Ph.D (Theology)

Part-time lecturer

Dominic

Mendy

BSc., MBA

Part-time lecturer

Habib

S.

Drammeh

B.Sc.(Hons) Education/Geography, MBA,IDPM

Part-time lecturer

Ebrima

Jobe

B.Sc. (Econs), M.Sc. (Econs), ACCA (Foundation )

Part-time lecturer

Momodou

Kalleh

BA (Hons) Econs, MSc (Health Econs)

Part-time lecturer

Omar

O.

Jobe

MA (Mgt Sciences), Mphil (Dev Econs), BA (French)

Part-time lecturer

Sarjo

Jah

BSc. (Accounting), MSc., ACCA

Part-time lecturer

Alieu

Jarju

BA (IT), MSC (IT), Dip (IT), Cert (Statistics)

Part-time lecturer

Angelika

Prox

Dampha

MBA, BA

Part-time lecturer

Essa

Jallow

BA (Econs), MA (Econs)

Part-time lecturer

Lamin

Bittaye

Part-time lecturer