Sir Dawda Kairaba Jawara International Conference Center is a 14,000 square meters conference center in The Gambia, located in Kombo North/Saint Mary.[1] The project began in 2017 and inaugurated in January 2020.[2] The construction of the part was controversial because it the construction removed important land from the Bijilo Forest Park, a popular tourist location and natural space home to endangered Western red colobus monkeys.[3][4][5][6]
The conference center was built and funded by Chinese investment of US$50 million in the country.[1][2] The center was treated as an important international gesture between the two countries, the first collaborative project since resumption of relations.[1] The center was built in part to host the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation.[2] The first major event in the space was the Annual General Meeting of the African Development Bank in August 2020.[7]
The center was named after Dawda Kairaba Jawara, the first president of The Gambia.[2]
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