The Dakar 2026 Youth Olympic Games Organising Committee (COJOJ Dakar 2026) and Air Senegal have signed a strategic partnership agreement, officially appointing the national airline as the Official Airline Carrier of the Dakar 2026 Youth Olympic Games.
The family of official sponsors of the Dakar 2026 Youth Olympic Games continues to grow. On Friday 24 October 2025 in Dakar, Ibrahima Wade, General Coordinator of COJOJ Dakar 2026, and Farba Diouf, Deputy Chief Executive Officer of Air Senegal, formalised a strategic partnership aimed at designating the Senegalese airline as the Official Airline of the Games.
This agreement reflects a shared vision of international visibility and marks a new stage in the national carrier’s commitment to supporting initiatives that promote prestige and excellence, both for Senegal and for the African continent as a whole.
Embodying Senegalese excellence, reliability and hospitality.
Through this partnership, Air Sénégal reaffirms its ambition to contribute to the success of the first Olympic event ever hosted on African soil. Within the framework of the agreement, the airline will support the Organising Committee by providing services aligned with its core expertise and seeks to embody “Senegalese excellence, reliability and hospitality”.
A symbol of national pride and a key player in the country’s aviation development, Air Senegal intends to use this partnership as a showcase for Senegalese expertise and as a lever to promote Senegal as an aviation hub and a leading destination on the continent.
Through this collaboration, the national flag carrier will highlight the central role of air transport in connectivity, openness to the world, and the transmission of the values of universality and youth that underpin the Dakar 2026 Youth Olympic Games.
Welcoming the world to Dakar
For COJOJ Dakar 2026, this partnership illustrates the mobilisation of major national institutions around a shared objective: welcoming the world to Dakar and offering African and international young athletes an unforgettable experience. It embodies the spirit of a united, confident Senegal, firmly oriented towards the future.
This rapprochement between Dakar 2026 and Air Senegal seals a strong alliance between two symbols of modernity and African global presence. Together, they carry a shared promise: to make the Dakar 2026 Youth Olympic Games, scheduled from 31 October to 13 November, a moment of inspiration, exchange and excellence.
