Njie defeated Bissau Guinean Cesar Diogo in a long-fight that lasted until the golden score, but Faye eventually won with a beautiful ippon.
The results earn Njie qualification to the Paris 2024 Summer Olympic Games, an event he had already qualified for.
The Abidjan African Open began on Saturday 17th June 2023 and brought together 154 athletes, including 101 men and 53 women from 27 countries.
The Finland-born Gambian became the first ever-Olympic judoka for The Gambia, when he competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro in Brazil.
