How we set up the Chemical Society of The Gambia
Overcoming red tape and technical hurdles to bring together the country’s chemists
The Gambia is not a well-known country in Africa; it is small and over the years only a few people have pursued chemistry up to PhD level. Many times when Gambians are abroad studying, they encounter a lot of surprise when asked: ‘where are you from?’ Whenever anyone hears ‘The Gambia’, the next question is: ‘where is that?’ Now we’ve set up the Chemical Society of the Gambia, we hope to make everyone aware of us. But we faced many challenges on the way.