Fatim Badjie

Fatim Mbenga Badjie (born November 13, 1983 in Banjul ) is a politician and entrepreneur from the West African state of Gambia .

Life

Badjie is the daughter of Dembo M. Badjie , a Gambian ambassador who was accredited to Sierra Leone and India . She attended the Gambia Senior Secondary School in Banjul from 1999 to 2001 . This was followed by a study visit to Belgium and a visit to Tennessee State University , where she completed her Bachelor in Communication in 2005 . Then she was employed (as an English senior communications officer ) at the private mobile phone company Comium Gambia .

In March 2008, she was the President Yahya Jammeh (as Minister of Communications and Information Technology English Secretary of state for communications and information technology ) in Cabinet appointed and replaced Neneh MacDouall-Gaye . During a cabinet reshuffle in February 2009, this post was removed. As Minister of Health and Welfare ( English minister of health and social walfare ) she was appointed in February 2011, again to the cabinet, the post was withdrawn to her again in February 2012 found.

Badjie went back into the private sector and became Chief Executive Officer of Ace Communications Executive (ACE), which she founded in March 2009. ACE is a communication and PR company.

Badjie was the youngest Gambian cabinet member when she was first appointed to the cabinet; she comes from the Diola ethnic group . Shortly after being appointed Minister of Communications, Information and Information Technology, Badjie married the banker and nephew of Bala Garba-Jahumpa , Abdoulie Janneh. But the marriage was short-lived and remained childless.

Awards and honors

2009: Officer , Order of the Republic of The Gambia

Individual evidence

^ David Perfect: Historical Dictionary of The Gambia . Rowman & Littlefield, 2016, ISBN 978-1-4422-6526-4 , pp. 94 ( books.google.de ).
^ Arnold Hughes, David Perfect: Historical dictionary of The Gambia . Scarecrow Press, Lanham, Md. 2008, ISBN 978-0-8108-6260-9 .
^ How Fatim Badjie Started Ace Communications Executive . In: Business-in-Gambia Blog . July 8, 2016 ( businessingambia.com ).
↑ Saja: Fatima Badjie's story: From youngest minister to successful entrepreneur . In: What's On Gambia - Gambian Celebrity gossip, nightlife, entertainment news, culture & lifestyle . ( whatson-gambia.com ).

personal data
SURNAME	Badjie, Fatim
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Badjie, Fatim Mbenga (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Gambian politician
DATE OF BIRTH	November 13, 1983
PLACE OF BIRTH	Banjul

[1] David Perfect: Historical Dictionary of The Gambia . Rowman & Littlefield, 2016, ISBN 978-1-4422-6526-4 , pp. 94 ( books.google.de ).

[2] Arnold Hughes, David Perfect: Historical dictionary of The Gambia . Scarecrow Press, Lanham, Md. 2008, ISBN 978-0-8108-6260-9 .

[3] How Fatim Badjie Started Ace Communications Executive . In: Business-in-Gambia Blog . July 8, 2016 ( businessingambia.com ).

[4] Saja: Fatima Badjie's story: From youngest minister to successful entrepreneur . In: What's On Gambia - Gambian Celebrity gossip, nightlife, entertainment news, culture & lifestyle . ( whatson-gambia.com ).