Cleanup of Hann Bay (Dakar)

The cleanup of Hann Bay in Dakar is one of the longer-running environmental rehabilitation efforts associated with Global Gateway's Africa portfolio, though its origins predate the Global Gateway branding by several years. EU Commission IATI records confirm two active financing instruments: a committed grant of €15 million recorded from October 2018 and a second instrument under which €14 million has been both committed and fully disbursed as of the available data, with both running through to mid-to-late 2027. Full disbursement of the second tranche is a meaningful signal of genuine financial engagement, not merely an announcement. No EIB co-financing has been identified for this project. The core objective, as described by EU sources, is the construction of a wastewater treatment plant and the installation of pre-treatment infrastructure for industrial effluents discharged into the bay. Hann Bay's environmental degradation is well-documented by independent outlets. Al Jazeera reported in January 2024 on the bay's transformation from a tourist destination into an industrial sewer, providing context for the scale of remediation required.