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Senegal is undergoing a phase of profound metamorphosis, driven by rapid population growth and increasingly visible urban tensions.
With a population of about 3 million inhabitants in 1960 to almost 18 million today, the country faces a major strategic challenge: absorbing this demographic dynamic while preserving social cohesion and political stability.
Accelerated urbanization, particularly in the Dakarian agglomeration, places increasing pressure on infrastructure, housing, employment and public services, fostering the development of informal systems and survival strategies.
This episode analyses the « great Senegalese bet » To transform a large youth into a lever of economic growth and democratic consolidation, or to risk the sustainable establishment of social fractures and structural urban crises.
