Career
The Ministry has the role of a policy maker, liberalisation of the Information and communications technology sector and with a requisite function to provide an enabling environment for Information and communications technology sector. MOICI has a Technical Division, which is headed by the Deputy Permanent Secretary, Yankouba Toure. Alhaji A. Cham played a key role in the establishment and management of the Gambia Telecommunications Cellular Company Limited (Gamcel) a subsidiary company of the Gambia Telecommunications Company Limited (Gamtel).
Alhaji coordinated the development of the Terms of Reference (TOR) of the Global System for Mobile Communications (Group Special Mobile) Project of Gamtel.
He was the Project Manager for the installation of the Group Special Mobile Network, the first of it kind in the country, which was commissioned on 25 th May 2001. Alhaji was the Team Leader for the installation of the first Electronic Telex Exchange (ELTEX ALPHA) of Gamtel in 1990 and was responsible for its operations and maintenance for several years.