Dakar 2026 Youth Olympics: Dakar port assesses its arrangements
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Seneweb
The director-general of the Port of Dakar, Doune Pathé Mbengue, inspected the activation areas set up by the institution in Diamniadio, at Place du Souvenir and at the IFAN roundabout for the Dakar 2026 Youth Olympics, for which the port is a major sponsor. According to Seneweb, the tour aims to increase the company’s visibility and support the successful staging of the Games.
Doune Pathé Mbengue, director-general of the Port of Dakar, visited the activation areas set up in Diamniadio, along the Corniche, at Place du Souvenir and at the IFAN roundabout on Thursday to support the Dakar 2026 Youth Olympic Games, Seneweb reports. The Port of Dakar is among the event’s main sponsors and is using these sites to increase its visibility and engage with the public.
Doune Pathé Mbengue also highlighted the tangible and intangible benefits of the Youth Olympics for Senegal, particularly the infrastructure built in recent years and the promotion of Senegalese and African cultures. The Port of Dakar used the period of the Games to accelerate the modernisation of its own equipment and services.
Among the measures cited was the introduction of a digital ticketing system for the Dakar-Gorée crossing 48 hours before the start of the Youth Olympics. The director-general presented this modernisation as one of the lasting effects of the port’s mobilisation around the event.
