Dakar 2026 Youth Olympic Games

Dakar, Senegal. The first Olympic festival on African soil

Overview

Postponed from 2022 due to the pandemic, the Dakar Games become the first Olympic event of any kind staged in Africa. Events will spread across Dakar, the new city of Diamniadio and the coastal resort of Saly. The festival is slated for late October into November 2026.