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Senegal: State acquires a power station
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14 April 2010 In order to establish better control over the development and access to electricity in Senegal, the State is going to acquire the power station of its independent energy producing partner GTI. An agreement was signed on Wednesday 7 April by the two parties, as reported by the daily Sud Quotidien. At a press conference on Monday 18 January 2010, M. Kane, the Director General…
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Senegal: SENELEC receives 85 million dollars for reorganization plan
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13 July 2011 The National Electricity Company of Senegal (SENELEC) is to receive a loan of 85 million dollars from the French Development Agency (AFD). Last Monday, an agreement was signed in Dakar. This package is intended to partially finance the reorganization program of the energy sector, which aims to create the technical and financial conditions necessary to permanently resolve the problems which arise in the electricity sector, reports a press release from the AFD reported by the Xinhua press agency. Elsewhere, last Thursday in Abidjan, the West African Development Bank (BOAD) granted a loan…
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Senegal: Launch of a program to increase access to drinking water
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20 July 2011 A program to promote 19,100 social drinking water connections and a 100 km extension to the sanitation system was launched on July 12 in Senegal. It is being financed by the World Bank at a cost of 5 million dollars and will bring access to drinking water to a further 200,000 people in the regions of Saint-Louis, Matam, Tambacounda and Kédougou, reports the APS press agency.…
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Sénégal: l'aéroport Blaise Diagne reçoit plus de 555 millions USD
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22 September 2011 Environ 555,2 millions de dollars ont été accordés à l'Aéroport International Blaise Diagne, au Sénégal. Une Convention de Financement a été signée lundi dernier par le Directeur Général de l'Aéroport International Blaise Diagne, Modou Khaya, et les responsables des banques et bailleurs de fonds impliqués dans le financement de l'infrastructure, rapporte le journal Le Potentiel. Il s'agit des banques Blackpearl, BNP Paribas, Banque Africaine de Développement, Agence Française de Développement, Banque Ouest-Africaine de Développement, IDC, ICF, Banque…
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Sénégal: 13 millions USD pour l'accès à l'eau potable en milieu rural
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25 April 2012 Les régions de Tambacounda, Kédougou et Matam, au Sénégal, vont bénéficier d'un programme d'amélioration des conditions d'hygiène et d'assainissement initié par l'Agence japonaise de coopération internationale (Jica). L'objectif est « de contribuer à l'amélioration des habitudes d'hygiène et d'assainissement et de favoriser l'accès aux ouvrages d'assainissement adéquats en milieu rural, principalement dans les régions et villages cibles », rapporte un communiqué de l'agence japonaise repris par le journal Le Soleil. Ce programme, dont le coût est…
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Sénégal: Autoroute à péage Dakar – Diamniadio
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10 September 2012 Banque africaine de developpement : L’agglomération de Dakar représente 0.3 % du territoire national, abrite 25% de la population et concentre 80% de l’activité économique du pays. Pour résoudre le problème de mobilité urbaine due à l’enclavement géographique de Dakar, l’Etat du Sénégal a pris l’initiative de construire une autoroute reliant Dakar à Diamniadio (32 km – dont 25 km mis à péage), qui devrait également desservir le nouvel Aéroport International Blaise Diagne, à 42 km de Dakar. Le projet comprend, outre la construction de l’autoroute, la libération des emprises ; le…
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Senegal: 25 million USD for road infrastructure renovation project
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16 June 2011 Last weekend, work started on renovating the main highways in the region of Louga, Senegal, reports the newspaper Le Soleil. The Senegalese State has financed this program to the value of 25 million dollars. The works will consist of installing new asphalt pavements to cover all the degraded areas, explained Mr. Barry, one of the directors of the Sotracom company, which will carry out the works. The main routes concerned by this program are those of Louga-Ouarack-Dahra, Dahra-Linguère, Ouarack-Ndoyenne, Dahra-Touba, Louga-Potou and Louga-Keur Momar Sarr. "In 36 months, the poor condition…
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Senegal: Inauguration of a solar panel plant
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6 July 2011 A plant to manufacture photovoltaic panels has just been opened in Senegal. The minister for Renewable Energies inaugurated this factory on July 1 in Dakar. It was constructed by the Groupe Spec, which invested 8.8 million dollars in this solar energy production project, reports the newspaper La prospérité. "The production line corresponds to the best technology available in the world today, in the photovoltaic domain", said managing director of Spec, Mamadou Saliou Sow. The production capacity of the plant is 25 MW per year. Senegal, which benefits from 3,000 hours of sunshine per…
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Sénégal: 95 millions USD pour l'électricité
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23 November 2011 Le gouvernement sénégalais va octroyer 95 millions de dollars au Fond de soutien à l'énergie, rapporte le journal Le Soleil. Le gouvernement a fait cette annonce jeudi dernier, lors d…
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Senegal: USA participates in a hydraulic infrastructure program
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6 October 2010 Last Monday, an American public aid development program, the Millennium Challenge Account (MCA), signed a development agreement for a hydraulic infrastructure construction project in Senegal. This involves improving irrigation and water resources management in the Delta and in the Podor region by constructing major hydraulic infrastructures. "The aim is to increase agricultural production and thus to help Senegal to achieve self-sufficiency in food", explained Mor Diop, President and MD of the Société d'aménagement des terres du Delta et de la Falémé (Saed), co-signatory…