Situated on the western edge of Africa’s harsh Sahel region, Senegal faces a number of agricultural development constraints.  Limited rainfall, poor soil fertility, and insufficient agronomic inputs all contribute to the low yielding millet production systems that farmers struggle to live on.  This study was initiated to assess the potential for intercropping different bean varieties (cowpea and mungbean) with the traditional, and widely-spaced, pearl millet crop.  In 2013 and 2014, in Senegal’s central millet-peanut basin, three different bean varieties were monocropped and then intercropped with millet to evaluate the potential for increasing overall yields, without requiring the use of other agronomic inputs.  Single rows of bean were planted into the wide millet rows that are typically found in Senegal, providing a unique opportunity for successful intercropping.  Grain yields were used to calculate Land Equivalency Ratios (LER) to determine potential advantages over traditional monocropping practices.  Soil moisture readings and ground cover percentages were also collected to help correlate the yield results.  Results showed that millet yields increased when intercropped with either cowpea or mungbean, and resulted in 10-40% higher grain yields at both sites.  Overall grain yields (millet + bean) increased at similar rates over the traditionally monocropped millet.  Additionally, ground cover percentages increased nearly 50% in intercropping, providing a high rate of nitrogen-rich organic matter available for decomposition at the end of each growing season.  While soil moisture retention was found to be slightly higher in the intercropped systems, it was not found to be significantly different from monocropped millet systems.  Intercropping different bean crops has great potential in Senegal for increasing grains yields and building soil health through the inclusion of legumes and the increase in ground cover that they may provide.