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| Mamadou Edrisa Njie |
Mr.
Mamadou Edrisa Njie is an international journalist cum social justice activist.
He’s eager to share his ideas. He publishes and edits a current affairs blog (http://mansabanko.blogspot.com) and regularly
contributes articles in daily newspapers, including The Daily News
(www.dailynews.gm)
Mr.
Njie is the founder of the GlobalYouth Innovation Network Gambia chapter (www.gyin.org) and
editorial assistant and newsroom coordinator for The
Gambia News and Report weekly magazine, the only current affairs
magazine in Banjul, The Gambia
He
can be found on the social media- Facebook: NianiEdrisanjie Kanda, Twitter:
@EdrisaNjie, LinkedIn: Mamadou Njie and Google+ Mamadou Edrisa Njie
Engaged
idealist, he wrote numerous articles about the environment, press freedom,
youth matters, women empowerment, social justice, and the African continent in
English. He gets along well with colleagues on the job as well as with all
others he comes in contact with and he is found to be responsible, conscious, a
team player, talented and energetic.
Mr.
Njie is an alumna of the International
Institute for Journalism- Germany (IIJ of InWent); Ambassador GYIN; Ambassador
One Young World (www.oneyoungworld.com) and a founding member
cum social secretary for the Biodiversity Action Journalists of The Gambia
(BAJ-Gambia).
Studied
Mass
Communication at the Institute
of Professional Administration and Management (IPAM), Mr Njie is a lifetime member of the Young
Journalists Association of The Gambia (YJAG) and Jarumeh
Koto Youth Development Association
Born
and raised in Jarumeh Koto, Sami District, in Central River Region, the first son of Mr.
Edrisa and Mrs. Ramatoulie Saidy-Bah, Mr. Njie hailed from a devout Muslim
family. He first went to the “Dara” Koranic school, and then to Jarumeh Koto Primary School, Junior Secondary School, High
School and Tertiary Institute.
It
was in November 2006 when he started practicing journalism
the now defunct Daily Express Newspaper. In January of the following
year, he left for The Gambia News and Report weekly
magazine as a staff reporter.
From
January 2010 to date, he’s been a contributor/columnist
with The African Voice Newspaper, published in Dublin, Ireland.
In
2012, he is appointed a member of the project steering committee of the National
Agricultural Land and Water Management Development Project (Nema) of the United
Nations International Fund for Agricultural Development- funded project in The Gambia at a tune of US $65 Millions
Njie
is a motivational
speaker, coach and serves as a mentor to many young Gambians, especially
young journalists. He represented his country in numerous trainings, seminars,
conferences both nationally and internationally.
Njie
has been a recipient of awards and recognitions: Young
Volunteers for the Environment-YVE-The Gambia ‘Clean Energy for
Africa 2012 Activities’, 12/2012, Banjul, The Gambia and Young
Journalists Association of The Gambia (YJAG) ‘Success of all YJAG
Activities Programmes’11/2011, Banjul, The Gambia.
Njie
received awards in recognition of his using the social media and successfully
implemented all YJAG activities on training programmes and event
management.
Njie
travelled widely in Africa, attending trainings, conferences, seminars and had
met the continent's top personality Kofi Anna.
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