Fafa Sanyang is a Gambian politician and former civil servant who served as Minister of Energy and Petroleum in President Adama Barrow's cabinet from 2017 until a reshuffle in 2022.

Sanyang was born in Kwinella[1] and studied a bachelor's degree in geology at the University of Sierra Leone in 1989.

He went on to obtain a master's degree in marine management from Dalhousie University, Canada, in 1997 and a further master's degree in engineering geology from Leeds University in the United Kingdom.

[3] Sanyang was appointed as Minister of Energy and Petroleum on 10 April 2017.

[4] In late April, Sanyang oversaw the signing of a deal between the National Water and Electricity Company (NAWEC) and the Sino-hydro Corporation Company worth $165 million.