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Gambian entrepreneur Muhammed Jah, best known as the founder of QuantumNet Group and one of West Africa’s pioneering tech magnates, has given Banjul’s football faithful a long-awaited reason to cheer off the pitch.
Jah, who built QuantumNet into The Gambia’s leading ICT firm after launching Ghana’s first internet service provider in the 1990s, has financed the construction of a 500-seat pavilion at the “Jamaica End” of the KG5 mini stadium. The structure, unveiled this week, provides long-overdue shelter for fans who pack the east side of the ground on match days — often bearing the brunt of heavy rains and the unforgiving midday sun.
The Banjul Sports Committee hailed Jah’s contribution as a first for the notoriously exposed Jamaica End, an area it says has tested both crowd endurance and committee planning for years. “All football enthusiasts who regularly attend matches at KG5 have often expressed the need for a pavilion at the Jamaica End,” the committee said in a statement. “Fans faced difficulties in this area, especially during rain, but this will now be a thing of the past thanks to Mr. Jah’s generosity.”
Jah, who chairs QGroup, told local officials during a recent tour of the stadium that he intends to back further improvements to KG5’s facilities. The committee, in turn, offered what it called the “sincere appreciation of all Banjulians” for what it described as a timely intervention.
For Jah, the project fits a broader pattern. His career began in Ghana, where he launched QuantumNet’s forerunner as the country’s first ISP, and expanded across West Africa into IT distribution, software services and telecom solutions. Along the way, he’s burnished a reputation for civic investment, from technology training to sports infrastructure.
