Mr. Adama Deen

Mr. Deen is currently the CEO/Chairman of Links (Logistics) Co., Gambia Ltd. – a mobility as a Service (MaaS) logistics and consulting company based in Banjul, Gambia. He was hired as part of a team of national freelance consultants to lead the formulation of the infrastructure (Transport, Energy, and ICT) Sector Frameworks of the Resource-focused (Rf), National Development Plan (Rf-NDP 2023-2027).

Mr. Deen holds a BSc degree in Economics (Hons) from California State College of Pennsylvania and a Master’s Degree in Transportation Planning from Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta. He has worked in various capacities at various places with a career experience spanning over thirty (30) years.

As an Operations Analyst and later, Senior Planner, Mr. Deen spent three (3) years working for the Metropolitan Atlanta Rail Transit Authority (MARTA), responsible for the planning and operations of bus and rail network systems in the US. Back in The Gambia, Mr. Deen spent fourteen (14) years working in the Civil Service and parastatals serving in various capacities: Transport Planner; Principal Planner; Director of Transport Planning; Deputy Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Works and Communications; Director of Traffic Operations and Managing Director, GPTC; Deputy Managing Director, GAMTEL; and Managing Director, Gambia Ports Authority (GPA).

Furthermore, as a transport planning professional, Mr. Deen spent another three (3) years working as a Transportation Planner at URS Corporation. He also spent eleven (11) years at the African Union Development Agency (AUDA-NEPAD) leading the drafting, formulation and implementation of the AU Programme for Infrastructure Development in Africa (PIDA) (2010 2020). Later, he was re-designated as Senior Advisor to the CEO, AUDA-NEPAD, and also appointed Project Manager for Agenda 2063 – Continental High-Speed Rail Network Programme.