Meet Our Team

Chairman of Feel@Home Gambia.

My day to day work includes, apart from overseeing meetings within the organization concerning the underlying operations and business activities, I ensure that the organization is managed effectively. I coordinate with the rest of the team to ensure that appropriate policies and procedures for the smooth running of the affairs of Feel@HomeGambia are in place.  My function also includes an external representation of the organization.

As we operate within the tourism industry, I try to contribute the wealth of experience and knowledge I have acquired over the years within the sector to the establishment and well being of Feel@HomeGambia.

This experience includes, over a decade of Entrepreneurship as a vendor with direct contacts with tourist and visitors to the Gambia and in Europe. Some of the qualities I have acquired during this period is business development strategies, ethics, value, quality and customer satisfaction.

I am very passionate about Tourism for development and value its potentials and role it can play in poverty alleviation in our communities. Our organization is built upon such a foundation with sustainable and responsible tourism practices as its fundamental principles. Our aim is to facilitate and stimulate the spread of the benefits and the multiplier effects of tourism, as well as minimize its negative impacts such as Economic leakages, Environmental and Socio-cultural degradation in our communities in The Gambia. As such, I work hand in hand with the Feel@Home team to Empower, Inspire, Connect, Encourage Social Inclusion and Participation and create new opportunities for socioeconomic activities that brings positive livelihood changes in local communities through our Unique leveraging of the Power of Tourism for meaningful development. #TogetherWeCanMakeImpact

Ebrima Touray is a passionate and industrious young man. He is currently a final year student at the University of The Gambia studying Political Science. He has volunteered with many organizations and foundations. He is the Founder and Chairman of MAAT Africa, Gambia Chapter, Co-Founder and Chairman of Community Youths Development Foundation, Co-Founder former Editor-General and overseer of the office of IPRO and National Coordinator of Rise of The Young Gambia. I am the Vice-Chairman of Feel@Home The Gambia.

Ebrima is a progressive thinker, with a special interest in the promotion and empowerment of people to live a dignified life. To him, these could be achieved through the provision of opportunities such as capacity building in the form of skills training Chanel through responsible tourism anchored on good practice geared toward availing local communities the chance to directly connect and interact with tourist and equally benefit from the sector social and economically. To these end, we at Feel@Home strive to establish an Eco-Tourism mindset that would generate value for the local people and the industry at large while delivering positive and remarkable experiences to the tourists.

Aji Fama Jobe is a young passionate lady with a special interest in tech since her early days.  She is a third-year student at the University of the Gambia Majoring Computer Science.  Over the years she has shown great passion for volunteerism specifically teaching young people especially girls on programming and also inspiring them to pursue their dream by believing in their capabilities.  She is a member at Hackathongirls Banjul where she teaches and mentored young girls on web literacy and also serves as developers student club lead under Google at the University of the Gambia where she organized meetups and code labs for her fellow students through peer to peer learning and also connect them with various people engaging in the tech industry. Aji Fama Jobe is the secretary-general of Feel@homegambia. 

She has an interest in civic education especially in the area of technology. To her, it is all about grooming them young and equipping them with necessary skills and knowledge they need to become notable and productive in the society and formidable in the field of technology and how it can shape one’s life and the community as a whole. Furthermore, she is inclined to the notion that these opportunities should be further explored and expanded to the rural areas where young people can change their local communities and at feel@homegambia; the primary objective is about impacting lives and livelihoods through responsible voluntary tourism for local tourism development.

Talented and accomplished trained teacher for taking a leadership role in support of management.
As a current Development Studies student at the University of the Gambia which earned me a great knowledge in community engagement and an insatiable appetite for grassroots development in which conventional tourism is not exceptional.
My undertaking day-to-day role in feels@homethegambia is a combination of public relations, writing reports, press releases and preparing tourist/visitor information.
My community engagement skills inspired me to contribute to the promotion and growth of the ecotourism network in The Gambia and use Ecotourism as a tool of social entrepreneurship and poverty alleviation.

The Gambia is rich of nature and culture which deserve to be used in a sustainable way, being in the tourism industry, we do consume lots of natural and cultural resources for our benefit, hence it is our responsibility to conserve for the next generation by creating awareness to all stakeholders and put into practice and that the core principle of feels@homethegambia.

My name is Ramatoulie Jallow, I'm 23 years old. I'm an Economics and Information Systems student at the University of The Gambia.

I founded Smiling Coast Tourism in 2019. It is a tech start-up under the tourism industry in The Gambia with the main aim of digitalizing the tourism services in the country. We are building an array of tourism products that will enhance the tourist's experiences.

I am a top 10 TAF Startups (the largest national pitching contest in The Gambia) Finalist in 2019 and I am also a TAF Leadership Academy ( A 12-month program on ethical Leadership) Alumni.

I have served in different leadership roles both at school and at the community level. I was the Information Minister of our Faculty Association at University. I was the president of our Student Association at High School, I've served as the president of my high school's ICT Club and I've participated in many hackathons, tech and entrepreneurship programs.

I am a Frontend development fanatic and I have been voluntarily tutoring youngsters on web designing and basic ICT.

I believe that tech and entrepreneurship coupled with innovation are the driving force of every Economy; big or small. The emergence of startups in my country is taking a huge record recently and that sparks a new spirit of helping young boys and girls who want to embark on the entrepreneurship journey.

The journey to a successful business can be overwhelming and hard, sometimes even tougher than imagine but it takes a great passion for the work you do to defy the odds. The young people need to be told this which is a reality. Therefore, I'm on it with them until we reach the aimed horizon together.