Prince Alwaleed bin Talal, chairman of Kingdom Holding Company (KHC), and accompanying delegation visited Senegal. During the visit, Prince Alwaleed attended the 15th Francophonie Summit at the International Conference Centre of Dakar in response to an invitation from Macky Sall, president of the Republic of Senegal. The summit aims at further strengthening the current investment and economic relations within the Francophonie countries.

The summit was attended by French President Francois Hollande, heads of state, vice presidents, prime ministers, ministers and government representatives, which have the French language in common on the theme of "Women and children in the Francophonie: Peacemakers and key players for development".

In addition, Prince Alwaleed met with President Sall. During the meeting, the two discussed economic and investment issues. The president commended Prince Alwaleed for his local, regional and international investments. Also during the visit to the Senegal met with the French president and the two discussed political, economic and cultural matters.

The delegation included DNahla Nasser Alanbar, private executive assistant to the chairman; Jihad Aoukal, private physician to the chairman; Hassna Al-Turki, department head, travel and external affairs; Hassan Moukhtar, adviser to the chairman, Fahad bin Saad bin Nafel, executive assistant to the chairman and Kacy Grine, adviser to the chairman.

In 2013, Prince Alwaleed received Youssou N’Dour, minister of tourism and culture of Senegal, and an accompanying delegation. In the same year, Prince Alwaleed visited Senegal and met with President Sall at the presidential palace. The meeting was also attended by Senegalese ministers, KHC and Prince Alwaleed’s private office delegation. In addition, Prince Alwaleed spoke about his meeting with the president during a press conference. Moreover the president honored Prince Alwaleed with the presidential medal — Grand Officer Del’ordre National Du Lion.

Prince Alwaleed had visited Senegal in 2003, and met with the former president. During the visit, Prince Alwaleed was awarded the highest national award, the Grand Officer of The National Order of The Lion rank, in recognition of the prince’s visit to Senegal. Prince Alwaleed had donated through Alwaleed Bin Talal Foundation — Global that is chaired by the prince - approximately $ 1,500,000 to Senegal for the development of health and education projects there.