Fatim Badjie

Fatim Badjie (born November 13, 1983) is a Gambian entrepreneur.

Born in Banjul, Badjie is the daughter of Dembo M. Badjie, who served as Gambia's ambassador to Sierra Leone, India and China for a time; she is a member of the Jola tribe, and was educated at the Gambia Senior Secondary School and in Belgium before attending Tennessee State University and receiving a bachelor's degree in communication and later a master's degree from University of Manchester in ICT for development.

She was employed at Comium Gambia, a cellphone company, as senior communications officer.

[1] At the time, she was the youngest person ever appointed to the Gambian cabinet.

She lost her ministry a year later, but was later named Minister of Health and Social Welfare.