News Senegal Dakar: Uber Considers Expanding into Senegal’s Capital
Ride-hailing app Uber is considering expanding its services to Senegal’s capital. But in a city full of taxis and drivers who don’t have smartphones, the San Francisco-based company will have to overcome a lot of challenges to be useful to Dakar residents and turn a profit. The city, like most African capitals, has an abundance of taxis. In most parts of the city, any time day or night, it’s easy to find a ride.
News Senegal Dakar: Senegal- Mauritius tax row
According to President Macky Sall, Senegal has lost more than $250 million in tax revenue to its partner in 17 years. The Dakar government believes that Mauritius, already on the European Union’s grey ...
News Senegal Dakar: Senegal Seizes 798 Kg of Cocaine Hidden in Cars on a Ship
Senegal has seized 798 kg of cocaine hidden inside new cars on a ship traveling from Brazil, the customs authority said on Sunday, the latest in a series of large seizures off the West African coast this year.
News Senegal Dakar: In Senegal, old clothes get a new life for profit
Many wholesalers in Senegal get their clothes from Le Relais, a French cooperative that collects used clothing in France, the former colonial power. Le Relais sends Dakar around 500 tonnes of ...
News Senegal Dakar: Inside Kehinde Wiley’s Vibrant New Artist Residency in Senegal
. It should give “the opportunity to find new means of engaging the familiar, and creating an interface with the global.” The painter—at the top of his game following a headline-grabbing portrait ...
News Senegal Dakar: Full speed ahead for leadership bid? Hunt steers speedboat as he joins Royal Marines in Senegal
The English Connects programme will be launched by Mr Hunt in Senegal's capital Dakar. The Foreign Secretary will also announce an agreement between the two governments, committing to strengthening ...
News Senegal Dakar: Senegal MPs pass reform to scrap post of prime minister
Dakar (AFP) - Senegalese lawmakers on Saturday approved a constitutional reform to scrap the post of prime minister, the first initiative of President Macky Sall's second term in office. The motion ...
News Senegal Dakar: These youths in Senegal are supposed to be studying Islam, but many are begging in the streets
The 14-year-old boy walks six miles from the suburbs of Dakar, the capital of Senegal, weaving among traffic and tapping on car windows in the hopes of receiving spare coins or food. He must beg to ...
