Category: Senegal

Senegal : Macky Sall announces a project to improve the Bissau-Dakar corridor

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Goudomp (Sédhiou), March 3 (APS) – Senegal and Guinea-Bissau have started a project to improve the corridor linking their two capitals, in connection with the program to open up Casamance and the Sédhiou region in particular , said Thursday, the head of state, Macky Sall.   “In the spirit of good neighborliness and African integration, we have embarked with the sister Republic of Guinea-Bissau on the project to improve the Bissau-Dakar corridor supported by the African Development Bank,” he said. he says. The Head of State chaired, in Goudomp, the…

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Around 200 billion for the modernization of Dakar’s public transport network

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Dakar, March 1 (APS) – Team Europe (Team Europe) will invest around 200 billion CFA francs (more than 320 million euros) ”in support of the modernization of Dakar’s public transport network” , indicates a press release received by the APS.   This investment, which is part of the Global Gateway project, ”will help Senegal to meet environmental challenges by providing Senegalese with cleaner, safer and more affordable public transport”, underlines the text.   “The public transport network project in Dakar contributes to the implementation of Senegal’s national development plan for…

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Sénégal : Macky Sall launches work on the Dakar-Tivaouane-Saint-Louis highway

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 The Head of State, Macky Sall, proceeded on Friday, in Tivaouane (west), to the launch of the construction works of the first link of the Dakar-Saint-Louis highway passing through the city nun, found the APS.   Arrived in Tivaouane in the early evening, President Sall launched the work of other roads in this department of the Thiès region, on the third day of his economic tour which began on Wednesday. Macky Sall specified that this is the launch from Tivaouane of the first link of the Dakar-Tivaouane-Saint-Louis highway. “The forthcoming…

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SENEGAL-TRANSPORT BRT: The first bus presented in April (Minister)

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The Minister of Infrastructure, Land Transport and Accessibility, Mansour Faye, announced on Thursday that the first BRT (Bus rapid transit) bus will be presented to the public in April.   ”The works of the BRT are following their course, sections are released (…) in March, all the systems and circuits will be released (….). The first bus will be presented, God willing, in April. Trials will follow. Operation will start in the last quarter of 2023,” he said. He was speaking, in Diamniadio, on the sidelines of the launch of the third phase…

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Senegal: Ceremony to hand over the keys of a batch of 300 collective cabs for local urban transport by the Executive Council of Sustainable Urban Transport (CETUD)

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Logistafrica – CETUD proceeded this Thursday, January 5, 2023 to the handing over of keys of a batch of 300 collective cabs for urban transport of proximity, in the presence of the Minister of Infrastructure, Land Transport and Opening up, Mr. Mansour Faye. “The State began since 2005 and in 2016 with the pilot cabs. In 2019, a second phase with the vehicles and today the 300 cabs that we have just handed over the keys. This phase is the result of a private initiative supervised by the state services,…

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Senegal: African Development Bank to invest over €166 million in construction of highway to open up the country’s north

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The construction of a highway between Dakar and Saint Louis will open up Senegal’s northern regions, considered the country’s rice granary and an area with high mining potential. The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank, has approved a loan of  €166.36 million to Senegal for construction of the Dakar-Tivaouane-Saint Louis highway, which will enhance access to the north of the country. The financing comprises €119.69 million from the African Development Bank and €46.67 million from the Africa Growing Together Fund, a facility sponsored by the People’s Bank of China.…

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The start up Paps, connects its customers from Senegal and Guinea Bissau to more than 200 countries and territories in the world, through a partnership with UPS

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The Senegalese delivery start-up, which recently set up shop in Côte d’Ivoire, has just announced that it is now the official representative of United Parcel Services (UPS), the American number and world leader in logistics. “This is a big step for African entrepreneurship! The number 1 American company, chooses to partner with an African company to boost our economy, let’s all be proud of it” said the CEO of Paps, Bamba LO. UPS, founded 115 years ago, with services in more than 220 countries and figures of more than 25…

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PRESS RELEASE : BOLLORÉ TRANSPORT & LOGISTICS SENEGAL TRANSPORTS AN OUTSIZE METAL STRUCTURE AS PART OF THE GTA PROJECT

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In April this year, Bolloré Transport & Logistics Senegal shipped a large metal structure on behalf of Eiffage GC Marine Senegal as part of the Greater Tortue Ahmeyim (GTA) project. This special convoy, 14.1 m long, 4.6 m wide and 6.9 m high, set off from the ro-ro terminal at Dakar Terminal and took the Arsenal – Route de Rufisque route to the customer’s site at mole 8 of the Dakar Port Authority. The logistics operations were scheduled to take place at night to avoid inconveniencing road users. A special…

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Senegal: The Great Trains of Senegal (Gts-Sa), to use the Indian experience to revive rail transport

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On a visit to India last week, the General Manager of GTS-SA, Mr. Samba NDIAYE, signed in the presence of Mr. Mayacine Camara, Secretary of State in charge of the Railway Network, a partnership agreement with the Executive Director of the RITES-LTD Company, a subsidiary of Indian Railways. This partnership aims to benefit from the expertise of India, a country where rail transport is widely used as a means of public transport, for the effective revival of rail transport in Senegal. “The MoU with Grands Trains DU, Senegal, will pave…

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