Day 3 · Tuesday 2 February · Real Access

Meet the Developers

These aren't panel guests or paid speakers. These are real developers, with real projects on the ground in the Gambia — people our founder knows personally, who'll tell you what it actually costs, what actually went wrong, and whether they'd do it again.

PLA Tours arranged these relationships before a single ticket was sold. That's the difference between access and advertising.

Two developers, two very different stories
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Blue Ocean Properties
Waterfront & boutique developments, since 2011
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200+Houses Built
1,500+Plot Sales
2011Established

One of the Gambia's established real estate names, specialising in waterfront apartments and boutique developments across Kombo St Mary — Brufut, Tanji, Bijilo, and Kololi among them. Their team handles everything from land acquisition to legal handover, and they publish detailed guidance for foreign buyers on financing, legal checks, and avoiding common mistakes.

What you'll cover
  • How waterfront vs. residential pricing actually works here
  • Foreign buyer legal checks, leaseholds & avoiding scams
  • A real, currently-listed development walked through in person
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M&T Global Construction Group
From carpet cleaning to 100+ builds
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100+Projects Built
26Team Members
20 yrsUS Experience

Founder Mohammed O. Njie built a career in US construction and renovation over two decades, then returned to the Gambia and rebuilt entirely from the ground up — starting with a small carpet cleaning and home improvement business before growing it into a 26-person construction group with over 100 completed projects across the Gambia and Senegal.

What you'll cover
  • Rebuilding a career and a company from nothing
  • Bringing US construction standards to Gambian sites
  • Real cost, labour, and import logistics — no filter
Gold
Straight from the founder
A private keynote from one of the founders, followed by a sit-down investor dinner — direct, unfiltered, and personal. The kind of access that normally takes years of relationship-building.
Silver & Bronze
A real site visit, hosted properly
A dedicated company representative walks you through an active site and takes questions in full — the access, the honesty, and the site itself are exactly the same.
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Most people's idea of "African investment" comes from headlines, not handshakes. Standing on an actual site, asking the awkward questions gives you something no brochure or webinar ever will: the ability to tell the difference between an opportunity and a story.

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