Senegal Transportation Profil 2012

To boost infrastructure, significant efforts have been made to ease traffic in Dakar in the framework of the National Agency for the Organisation of the Islamic Conference (ANOCI) in 2008. For an in general cost of XOF 174 billion, this work was half financed by the Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development and half by the national. Besides the ANOCI work, another highlight is the Dakar-Diamniadio motorway, which is at its second section (Pikine-Diamniadio), and DP World’s massive investment in the capital’s port (XOF 300 billion over 25 years).

Senegal’s commitment to developing infrastructure was rewarded by the signature on September 22, 2009 of an agreement for a XOF 270 billion grant in the framework of the Millennium Challenge Account (MCA). This aid will make it possible to accelerate the poverty reduction programme and to promote sustainable economic increase. In order to develop trade with neighbouring nations, MCA funds will be used as a priority to refurbish the Richard-Toll-Thillogne-Bakel section of National Route 2, which is 456 kilometres long, while the EU will finance the Saint-Louis-Richard-Toll section. In amount, considerable evolution has been made in infrastructure since 2000 with an in general financing volume of XOF 307 billion. MCA financing will half rebalance discrepancies observed in past years between the capital, Dakar, and the rest of the country, which should facilitate mobility between regions and the transportation of goods and products.