Structured under a December 2020 concession and built through the DP World Dakar joint venture with the Port Authority of Dakar, Ndayane is a 600-hectare, two-phase port 50km from Dakar: Phase 1 US$837m (840m quay, 5km marine channel, 1.2m TEU capacity) and Phase 2 US$290m (additional 410m quay; 400m-vessel capability), with an adjacent economic zone 20km from Blaise Diagne airport.
Announced as the single largest private investment in Senegalese history, construction mobilised from 2024 (with British International Investment reported among the financing partners ) and is designed to move Dakar’s container traffic out of the city and convert the old port into a waterfront/cruise precinct.
Value: US$1.127bn; DP World’s largest African port investment (verified against public announcements).
Advisers: DP World’s in-house and concession counsel not publicly credited; BII financing role reported.
Recorded by The Meridian research desk from public announcements, regulatory filings and financial press coverage. Dates and values are as publicly reported.
