Gibairu Janneh

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Gibairu Janneh is a 2015/16 Chevening Scholar, an International Development and Communication Specialist. He holds a Masters Degree in Applied International Development and has several years’ experience in Strategic Communication, Journalism, Project Management and Media Advocacy.  

 

He has worked as a reporter with Foroyaa newspaper, News editor at Daily Observer, Secretary General and Executive Director of the Gambia Press Union and Program Manager of the Centre for Media and Development Research in Africa (CeNMEDRA). He is currently the Director of Communications of the National Assembly of The Gambia, a lecturer (Development Studies) at the University of The Gambia, blogger and youth activist. He is also the founder of the Association of Gambian Albinos (AGA), an advocacy-based youth organization engendered to campaign for and support persons with albinism in The Gambia. 

 

His research interests include Governance, Poverty Alleviation, Gender, Community Development, Sustainable Development, Informal Rural Economies and Sustainable Livelihoods.