Senegal

Dakar, Senegal's political, economic and administrative capital, concentrates most of its strategic functions on a peninsula of just 525 km2. A case of school in terms of extreme urban pressure.

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The « exit from CFA franc » is often told as an act of monetary sovereignty, therefore as a political moment. In reality, it is first and foremost an operation to transform the economic system: it simultaneously affects law, public finance, financial stability, logistics, diplomacy and collective psychology.

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In Dakar, traffic jams offer a spectacle as paradoxical as they reveal: Rusty luxury SUVs, often with one person on board, are difficult to navigate between collective taxis, street vendors and « fast buses ». This urban contrast speaks volumes about the social role of cars in Senegal. Far from being just a simple...

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While buildings are growing at a fast pace in Dakar and other cities in Senegal, massive investment in real estate is becoming a structural phenomenon of the economy. While it offers attractive rents and attracts regional capital in search of stability, this choice of investment raises serious questions: weak creation of sustainable jobs, land speculation, etc.

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Contemporary Senegal is undergoing a silent but decisive transformation: that of the intimate architecture of the home, deeply marked by the persistence of a traditional model that attributes to man the exclusive responsibility for all the material burdens of the household. This principle, heir to a rural social organization based on community redistribution and the symbolism of the leader ...

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How world trade impoverishes Senegal: an economic model to rethink – BAOBIZZ 🌳 BAOBIZEZ An African Perspective on Global Issues ← Return to home Senegal How world trade impoverishes Senegal: an economic model to rethink Mustapha DIENG • 20 November 2025 • Read 9 minutes ...

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Dakar, February 12, 1918. Under the bright sun of the port, an elegant man, lined with tricolor scarf, arrives as a hero. His name is Blaise Diagne. The first black MP in France's history once again marches the Senegalese land, invested by Georges Clemenceau with a capital mission: recruiting tens of thousands of African tirailers ...

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Senegal has just crossed a threshold in its constitutional life. For the first time in a long time, the tension at the top of the state is not solved by informal dialogue or political compromise, but by an act of formal institutional rupture.

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In recent months, a wide-ranging debate has shaken the Senegalese economic sphere: that of hidden debt, revealed by the Court of Auditors and confirmed by the IMF. Between hidden figures, makeup budgets and undeclared commitments, this case exposes the fragility of the country's financial governance under the former regime. This article proposes ...

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