Regeneration of the Grand Yoff storm-water retention basin in the heart of Dakar’s Peninsula

Contributed by: Susanne Kempf, Advisor at C40 Cities Finance Facility; Mamani Coulibaly, Project City Finance Facility GIZ and Sylvain Meslier, Project manager, SEPIA Conseis
Regular flooding of Dakar’s outlying districts poses a problem of extreme vulnerability for the city and will further worsen with increased rainfall frequency due to climate change. Due to this ongoing threat.