{"id":886106,"date":"2026-01-18T18:32:08","date_gmt":"2026-01-19T00:32:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/18\/senegal-bassirou-diomaye-faye-announces-major-boost-to-public-investment-in-2026\/"},"modified":"2026-01-18T18:32:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-19T00:32:08","slug":"senegal-bassirou-diomaye-faye-announces-major-boost-to-public-investment-in-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/18\/senegal-bassirou-diomaye-faye-announces-major-boost-to-public-investment-in-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Senegal: Bassirou Diomaye Faye announces major boost to public investment in 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Bitcoins <\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>\n        <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer\/sharer.php?u=http:\/\/www.africanews.com\/2026\/01\/01\/senegal-to-ramp-up-education-health-and-water-investment-in-2026\/\/\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n            <i><\/i><br \/>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/li>\n<li>\n        <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/home?status=http:\/\/www.africanews.com\/2026\/01\/01\/senegal-to-ramp-up-education-health-and-water-investment-in-2026\/\/\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n            <i><\/i><br \/>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/li>\n<li>\n        <a href=\"https:\/\/plus.google.com\/share?url=http:\/\/www.africanews.com\/2026\/01\/01\/senegal-to-ramp-up-education-health-and-water-investment-in-2026\/\/\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n            <i><\/i><br \/>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/li>\n<li>\n        <a href=\"mailto:?subject=Senegal to ramp up education, health and water investment in 2026&#038;body=http:\/\/www.africanews.com\/2026\/01\/01\/senegal-to-ramp-up-education-health-and-water-investment-in-2026\/\/\"><br \/>\n            <i><\/i><br \/>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/li>\n<li>\n        <a href=\"whatsapp:\/\/send?text=http:\/\/www.africanews.com\/2026\/01\/01\/senegal-to-ramp-up-education-health-and-water-investment-in-2026\/\/\" data-action=\"share\/whatsapp\/share\"><br \/>\n            <i><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.africanews.com\/images\/whatsapp_logo.png\"><\/i><br \/>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<section>\n<header>\n<div>\n<p>\n                                                      President of Senegal Bass\u00edrou Diomaye Diakhar Faye addresses the 80th session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York, United States, 24 September 2025<br \/>\n                                                                                  <span>\u00a0\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div>\n<p> Copyright \u00a9 africanews <\/p>\n<p><span> Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<div>\n<p><time datetime=\"2026-01-02 09:30:06\"><br \/>\n        <i><\/i><br \/>\n              <span>Last updated:<\/span><br \/>\n                                          02\/01 &#8211; 09:30<br \/>\n                            <\/time>\n                        <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div>\n<p><span><\/p>\n<h4>\n<p>                                                <a href=\"http:\/\/www.africanews.com\/country\/senegal\/\"><br \/>\n                        Senegal<br \/>\n                    <\/a><br \/>\n                                    <\/h4>\n<p>    <\/span><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Senegalese president Bassirou Diomaye Faye announced on Wednesday an increase in public investments for 2026, with a focus on education, health and access to water among other areas.<\/strong> <\/p>\n<p>The head of state made promises in his traditional address to the nation delivered on New Year\u2019s Eve. <\/p>\n<p>He said the country would dedicate 62.8 billion CFA francs to the construction of new educational infrastructure, including 2,500 classrooms.<\/p>\n<p>The health sector will receive a 91 billion CFA francs boost <strong>&#8220;allocated to the construction of 35 high-standard community health centers, the completion of the Diamniadio Oncology Hospital, and the strengthening of medical facilities nationwide.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Senegalese leader also cited access to water as <strong>&#8220;a strategic priority<\/strong>&#8221; for 2026, with the launch of the Grand Water Transfer Project. The initiative should <strong>&#8220;make it possible to mobilise 1.8 million cubic meters of water per day to sustainably meet the drinking water needs of the Dakar\u2013Mbour\u2013Thi\u00e8s urban corridor and Touba.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2>Bitcoins 2025, a year of &#8220;rigor and resilience&#8221;<\/h2>\n<p>Bassirou Diomaye Faye also looked back on 2025, a year he described as <strong>&#8220;demanding&#8221;<\/strong> and marked by <strong>&#8220;rigor and resilience.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>He still celebrated achievement and praised progress regarding the cost of living in the country.<\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8220;Concrete progress has been made, state continuity has been ensured, public services strengthened, and support provided to vulnerable sectors,&#8221;<\/strong> he said in his speech. <strong>&#8220;Measures to reduce the prices of several essential products generated savings of 342.5 billion francs for households in 2025, and this effort will continue in 2026.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Senegalese president also acknowledged results in agriculture and industry. <\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8220;Cereal production exceeded 2.5 million tonnes, while the groundnut sector regained strong momentum,&#8221;<\/strong> he listed.<\/p>\n<p> <strong>&#8220;The industrial sector also regained impetus with the relaunch of <em>[Senegal&#8217;s leading agri-food company]<\/em><\/strong> <strong>SONACOS after two years of shutdown, recreating more than 2,300 direct jobs,&#8221;<\/strong> he added.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<h2>Bitcoins <\/p>\n<p>                                Related articles<br \/>\n                                    <\/h2>\n<ul>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<div>\n<article data-article=\"2858925\" role=\"article\">\n<div>\n                <a href=\"http:\/\/www.africanews.com\/2026\/01\/01\/kenya-and-egypt-usher-in-2026-with-dazzling-displays-of-fireworks\/\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/59\/97\/35\/320x180_cmsv2_689cf5b4-50d9-5c9a-88c7-3c7fe8163feb-9599735.jpg\" data-srcset  alt=\"bitcoins Kenya and Egypt usher in 2026 with dazzling displays of fireworks\"><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.africanews.com\/2026\/01\/01\/kenya-and-egypt-usher-in-2026-with-dazzling-displays-of-fireworks\/\"><\/p>\n<p>                                <\/a>\n                                                                                <\/div>\n<p>                                    <\/a>\n            <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> <span \n                data-original-string='Ghl\/8hLFxCDtou7FhjWb6w==7f4Zny2woBSWAbmIfRBVHf41R\/wAstvH4O7ImwIuXKAovQ='\n                class='apbct-email-encoder'\n                title='This contact has been encoded by Anti-Spam by CleanTalk. 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