Akhona Makalima, a female referee has been tasked to officiate the match between the two sides.
It is important to note at this moment that all Gambian players and officials tested negative for covid-19 on Thursday.
Among the competing teams, The Gambia is ranked 150, the lowest in FIFA ranking.
Gambia first played Cameroon in the preliminary rounds and lost 1-0 on 6th September 2015 in Banjul. The Gambia again lost 2-0 in a return match on 3 September 2016 in Yaounde.
Cameroon has played 14 quarter finals and won five finals in 1984, 1988, 2000, 2002 and 2017.
Cameroon played 7 world cups in 1982, 1990, 1994, 1998, 2002, 2010 and 2014.
Gambia is seen as the underdogs, but the recent impressive performances have surprised everybody.
Meanwhile the following are the new Total Energies Africa Cup of Nations Prize Monies:
Winner: USD 5 million (an increase of USD 500 000)
Runner-up: USD 2.75 million (an increase of USD 250 000)
Semi-Finalists: USD 2.2 million (an increase of USD 200 000)
Quarter-Finalists: USD 1.175 million (an increase of USD 175 000)
This represents a total increase in the Total Energies Africa Cup of Nations prize money of USD 1.850m.
Banjul, The Gambia - It has come to the awareness of The Gambia Government that Senegal launched a ‘Military Operation’ against MFDC separatists in its southern region of Cassamance on Sunday 13th March, 2022.
President Adama Barrow, the leader of the National People’s Party (NPP) is optimistic of a landslide victory in the 2021 presidential elections, saying that if his campaign team continues the work they did in Naimina West and Kerr-Jarga by-elections, then it is guaranteed that NPP will win the election in 2021.
The Gambia Investment & Export Promotion Agency (GIEPA) is continuing to experience remarkable strides in attracting investment into Destination Gambia. The promotional agency over the past five years has experienced a net investment portfolio of one hundred and fifty-four million dollars (US$154) and created over two thousand, two hundred, and seventy-four jobs (2,274).
The ECOWAS Ministerial Coordination Committee on Transport, Logistics and Trade has made recommendations on the harmonised and gradual re-opening of land, air and sea borders for restoring cross border economic activities, especially for movement of humanitarian personnel, medical supplies and equipment and essential goods in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic.
