Senegal President Macky Sall on Monday laid the foundation stone for the construction of a $1.13 billion deep-water port being developed by Dubai’s state-owned port operator DP World at Ndayane, around 50 km (31 miles) south of the capital Dakar. DP World Dakar, a joint venture between the Dubai-based logistics[Read More…]
Tag: Economy
Air Senegal Adds Its First Airbus A220
Air Senegal has taken delivery of its first Airbus A220-300 jet. The new aircraft, registered as 6V-AOA, arrived in Dakar on Thursday evening after completing the delivery flight from Montreal (IATA-Code: YMX) via Paris (LBG). During the Dubai Airshow in 2019, Air Senegal and Airbus announced the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU)[Read More…]
Gambia Seeks To Diversify Tourism Sector After Pandemic Doldrums
On a beach outside a luxury hotel near Banjul, the sun loungers lie empty beneath the palm trees and straw parasols, and the waves roll in undisturbed by bathers. The smallest country in Africa, The Gambia promises sunshine and good times in abundance, but its major clientele — holidaymakers fleeing[Read More…]
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