Eco Buildings Group (AIM:ECOB) met senior Gambian government officials this week to discuss a potential large-scale housing and manufacturing partnership.
The AIM-listed modular construction company, which uses a factory-built glass fibre reinforced gypsum (GFRG) system to deliver affordable housing, sent a delegation at the invitation of the Ministries of Interior and Defence.
Gabriel Coll, representing Lumen Holdings, joined the trip as part of the business-development effort.
The delegation met directly with Interior Minister Hon. Abdoulie Sanyang and Defence Minister Hon. Baboucarr Ousmaila Joof and their senior teams.
Talks centred on urgent demand for police and military housing, with scope to extend into broader public-sector and social-housing schemes.
Gambian officials confirmed interest in Eco Buildings' construction method and in establishing local manufacturing capacity to speed up delivery.
The two sides also discussed a longer-term role for the company in the country's housing programme, alongside skills training and local employment.
Any programme remains subject to formal agreements, financing, and regulatory approval.
"The scale of the housing requirement calls for a fundamentally different approach", said Etrur Albani, Eco Buildings' Executive Vice Chairman, adding the company's platform is designed to deliver "rapidly, consistently and at a materially more efficient cost base than conventional construction".
The company views The Gambia as a potential base for wider expansion across West Africa.
News Intelligence what this means for the company
Eco Buildings held ministerial-level talks in The Gambia on a potential large-scale housing partnership centred on police and military accommodation, with scope to extend into broader public-sector and social housing. The company is exploring The Gambia as a manufacturing and operational base for West African expansion, but any programme remains subject to formal agreements, financing, and regulatory approval—no binding commitment has been announced.
Early-stage government engagement in a new geography signals management's pursuit of scale beyond its current Albania operations and UK pilot, but the absence of a binding framework or financial commitment means this remains exploratory. Execution risk is material: the company must navigate Gambian regulatory and financing processes, establish local manufacturing, and convert ministerial interest into enforceable contracts.
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