African Renaissance Monument

Deux Mamelles, Collines des Mamelles, or simply Mamelles are twin hills located in Ouakam, a suburban commune of Dakar, in the Cap-Vert peninsula, Senegal. These hills are of volcanic origin and they are the vestiges of a plateau from the early Quaternary. The highest hill is only 105 metres (344 ft) high, but they stand out in the landscape owing to the flat surroundings. The name of these breast-shaped hills comes from the French term “Mamelle”, a name commonly applied in the French-speaking parts of the world to a breast.On the seaward hill stands a lighthouse, the Phare des Mamelles, while on the hill further ashore the African Renaissance Monument was erected and unveiled in 2010.

Ouakam is a commune d'arrondissement in the city of Dakar, Senegal. The commune is the birthplace of French politicians Ségolène Royal and Rama Yade and Senegalese writer and politician Birago Diop. Ouakam is one of the four original Lebou villages of the Cap-Vert Peninsula, along with Yoff, Ngor, and Hann.

Les Mamelles Lighthouse (French: Phare des Mamelles) is a strategically important lighthouse situated near Cap Vert, the westernmost point of Africa, on the outskirts of Dakar the capital of Senegal. Completed in 1864, it has been described as "one of the world's great lighthouses, guiding ships around the western tip of Africa".It is located on the higher of the Deux Mamelles, a pair of prominent hills in Ouakam, a suburban commune of Dakar, 4 km southeast of Almadies and 9 km northwest of Dakar on the Cap-Vert peninsula.

The Mosque of Divinity (Arabic: مسجد اللاهوت) built 1997, is a mosque located in Ouakam, Senegal. It is a structure with two minarets. The mosque provides a view of the Atlantic Ocean, as the mosque lies near the shore, at the Corniche-Ouest.

The Mamelles Desalination Plant is a sea water desalination plant under construction in the city of Dakar in Senegal. The facility is under development by the government of Senegal, with financial support from the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA). The Senegalese national water company (Société Nationale des Eaux du Senegal), SONES, is developing the project on behalf on the Senegalese government, and the Japanese private company Nippon Koei, is developing the project, on behalf of JICA. Construction started in June 2022, at a budgeted cost of €200 million and an expected output of 50,000 cubic meters (50,000,000 L) of desalinated potable water every day in the first phase, expandable to 100,000 cubic meters (100,000,000 L) daily, in the second phase.

Almadies Arrondissement is an arrondissement of the Dakar Department in the Dakar Region of Senegal. Almadies is considered the most upmarket residential neighbourhood in Central & Western Africa and it holds the residences of numerous foreign Ambassadors and expatriates. It is also considered one of the most expensive and premiere neighbourhoods in Africa. It also holds numerous Embassies and agencies of the UN. Located at the western end of the peninsula of Cape Verde, it is dominated by the two hills of Mamelles.It is divided into 4 communes d'arrondissement; Mermoz-Sacré-Coeur, Ngor, Ouakam and Yoff.

Léopold Sédar Senghor International Airport (French: Aéroport international Léopold-Sédar-Senghor, IATA: DKR, ICAO: GOOY) is an international freight and former passenger airport serving Dakar, the capital of Senegal. The airport is situated near the town of Yoff, a northern suburb of Dakar. It was known as Dakar-Yoff International Airport (French: Aéroport international de Dakar-Yoff) until 9 October 1996, when it was renamed in honor of Léopold Sédar Senghor, the first president of Senegal.

Université du Sahel (UNIS) is located in Dakar, Senegal. It was founded in 1998.

Suffolk University, Dakar Campus was a division of Suffolk University (of Boston, Massachusetts) in Dakar, Senegal. It was located on the grounds of the École Nationale d'Économie Appliquée (ENEA). The spring 2011 semester concluded its operations, with some students transferring to Boston to complete their studies.

École Nationale des Beaux Arts (ENBA; English: National School of Fine Arts) was a public art school, active from 1958 until 1995 in Dakar, Senegal (formerly known as the Mali Federation). In 1995, this school was merged to form the National School of Arts of Senegal. It was formerly known by the names Masion des Arts du Mali from 1958 to 1961; the École des Arts du Sénégal (EAS) from 1961 to 1971; the Institut National des Arts du Sénégal (INAS) from 1971 to 1977; and finally the École Nationale des Beaux Arts (ENBA) from 1977 until its close. The earliest instructors at the school were Iba N'Diaye, and Papa Ibra Tall. Many students and teachers from the school were part of the Dakar School art movement in the 1960s and 1970s.

Air France Flight 343 was a scheduled international passenger flight from Paris, France, to Abidjan, Ivory Coast, with scheduled stopovers at Dakar, Senegal and Monrovia, Liberia. On 29 August 1960, around 06:50, the aircraft crashed into the Atlantic Ocean while attempting to land at Yoff Airport, Dakar. All 55 passengers and 8 crew were killed. A tribunal concluded that the pilot, who had earlier been punished by Air France for recklessness, had continued to land without use of instruments in bad weather, amounting to willful misconduct.

Stade de Ngor is a multi-use stadium in Ngor in the west of Dakar, Senegal. It is currently used mostly for football matches and serves as a home ground of Olympique de Ngor, also Almadies plays at the stadium. The stadium holds 3,000 people. It is just around a kilometer southeast of the center of Ngor and west of Dakar International Airport, the main airport (or hub) will be about 50 km east of Dakar and it likely becomes a secondary airport. It is the westernmost sports stadium on the African mainland, Estádio Municipal do Porto Novo (Porto Novo Municipal Stadium) in Cape Verde is the westernmost of the whole of Africa. The first continental competition took place with one of the two matches of the 2015 CAF Confederation Cup at the stadium with the clubs Unisport de Bafang of Cameroon and Hearts of Oak of Ghana.