The 2026 Finance Bill (PLF) sets out a broad and ambitious investment programme to strengthen road networks, modernise universities and improve connectivity between regions. Under the impetus of the President of the Republic, Bassirou Diomaye Faye, and the Prime Minister, Ousmane Sonko, the year 2026 looks like one of action and transformation, coordinated by the Minister of Infrastructure, Déthié Fall. Infrastructure for relier and desenclaver With a budget of 716 billion FCFA, one of the highest in the PLF 2026, the Ministry of Infrastructure confirms its strategic role in the implementation of government priorities. This portfolio, which concentrates most of the State’s construction projects, reflects a clear vision: to link the territories and to support growth. Around 483.6 billion FCFA will be devoted to road and railway infrastructure, 155.2803 billion FCFA to social and administrative buildings, and 8.5 billion FCFA to port and airport infrastructure. Among the priority projects are the Mékhé-Pékès-Thilmakha road (8,2400 billion FCFA) and the Sandiara-Ndiaganiaw road (28,2000 billion FCFA), which are intended to fluidify the exchanges and decentralize rural areas. The rehabilitation of the Dakar-Kidira railway line (phase 2350: Dakar-Tambacounda, 210 billion FCFA) will relaunch rail transport, which is essential to logistical competitiveness. The rehabilitation of Ziguinchor airport under construction (21 billion FCFA) aims, on the other hand, to make Casamance an economic and tourist hub, better connected to the rest of the country. Education and health, pillars of development. In keeping with the vision of President Diomaye Faye, the Government places human capital at the centre of its strategy.
2026: the era of the great construction projects in Senegal
