National Enterprise Development Initiative (NEDI) being a Government sub vented institution under the Ministry of Youth and Sports is the enterprise arm of the Ministry of Youth and Sports. It also falls under the Office of the Vice President, but given its nature of operations, made to be supervised as one of the units of the Ministry of Youth and Sports. The main purpose of its establishment is to empower the Gambian youth and women, through entrepreneurship and enterprise development. The institution conducts training in basic business skills and provides micro finance support to operate small businesses in the informal sector; as well as providing business advisory services, mentoring and coaching to ensure sustainability as its core mandate.

As an institution, it nurtures, promote as well as facilitate the development of youth-led enterprises through provisions of livelihood skills trainings, entrepreneurships as well as creation and facilitation of market linkages for youth and women. NEDI served as a platform to develop young entrepreneurs and build the entrepreneurial spirit concept of driving the economy and regaining the enterprise industry. It envisages the youth-led production particularly on agripreneurship in order to contribute and increase the GDP of the country.

VISION: “The Platform for Entrepreneurially Empowered and Independent Youths and Women”
MISSION: “To Empower Gambian Youth and Women through the Provision of Training in Entrepreneurship and Investment, Loans to Operate Businesses in the Informal Sector and Business Advice to Ensure Investment Sustainability.”
This report presents thesummary activities implemented during the year ended 2017 as in line with the mission and vision of empowering youth and women for the purpose of employment creation.