Yango improves School safety for 2,000 students in Dakar
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Yango Group extended its “Safer Journeys to School” initiative to Dakar, Senegal, benefiting over 2,000 students.
The program, initially tested in Zambia, works with LASER International and local authorities to improve road safety around schools. Many children in Dakar face dangerous routes to school, crossing busy streets and walking where pedestrian infrastructure is limited, and road accidents are a leading cause of death for young people globally.
Yango focused on the Ibrahima Bèye and El Hadj Malick Sy schools, installing pedestrian crossings, speed bumps, signs, and 80 meters of protective barriers at each location. The schools now have a safety rating of at least three stars according to the iRAP “Star Rating for Schools” method. Additionally, Yango provided safety education sessions for students, teaching them how to cross roads safely and trained student road safety brigades.
The improvements were inaugurated with representatives from several Senegalese organizations including the Ministry of Infrastructure and ANASER, the national road safety agency. ANASER’s director general, Atoumane Sy, stressed the importance of speed limits of 30 km/h near schools and called for similar programs in other Senegalese cities. Yango intends to expand the program across its African markets, believing road safety is a shared responsibility.
