I can see the leadership of Senegal has a planned development agenda which I commend.
\nIn 2007, I traveled to Dakar, Senegal for a workshop in Good Clinical Practices (GCP) and Ethics in Human Research by Africa Malaria Network Trust (AMANET). The program was held in Al Afifa, one of the 5-star hotels at that time. As the first international travel I was making, my eyes were widely opened more than those of eagles to see. I was doing just as the adage has always been \u201ctravel and see\u201d.
\nUsing Air Cote d\u2019Ivoire, I was routed through the Houphouet\u00a0Boaigne Airport where for the first time I disembarked and embarked my connecting flight using an aerobridge. Like the blind man who received his healing, all I knew was that I saw no tarmac but just the vessel through immigration processes and vice versa.
\nThat I did not see when I landed in Dakar. I was not impressed at all. I was proud to have come from Kotoka International Airport. In my view, filth was engulfing the national airport.
\nAs if they read my mind even as a first-time traveler at that time, my recent travel 10 years after the initial one shocked me to the bones. The shock came because of what I was not expecting to see. Within the period, I got the opportunity to travel through other airports and countries and had in mind the picture of the airport I saw in 2007 in Dakar.
\nWhen we landed, I was telling someone that, the renovation has been massive coupled with the new name for the airport. It was at this point that I was educated to know that Blaise Daigne Airport was newly built. The airport was started in 2007 and opened for use in December 2017. Unlike in Ghana where I am a citizen, I did not need to fill any immigration form but successfully had my documents checked by the immigration officers. Everything was electronic and made the processes faster and easier.<\/p>\n
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