CABO VERDE TRENDS AND DEVELOPMENTS Contributed by: Nelson Raposo Bernardo, Joana Andrade Correia, Manuel Esteves de Albuquerque and Mafalda Contumélias Batista, Raposo Bernardo & Associados
more attractive to global tech companies. With cutting-edge infrastructure, qualified human capital and favourable public policies (tax incen - tives, modern telecom regulation, data protec - tion, etc), Cabo Verde has the ingredients to establish itself as a regional digital hub, serving as a gateway for companies wishing to operate in West Africa in a stable environment. All these factors strengthen the social contract and trust in institutions in Cabo Verde. In sum - mary, the Morabeza project and the actions arising from it are part of a holistic strategy: to position Cabo Verde in the global knowledge economy, while promoting social cohesion and sustainability. Cabo Verde’s trajectory towards a more diversi - fied and resilient economy takes concrete form through the two axes analysed here – the Atlantic Blue Platform and the regional digital hub. The financing agreements established in 2024/2025 with development partners (EIB/EU and AfDB) serve as catalysts for transformative projects in the maritime and technological sectors. Cabo Verde is thus building the material and immate - rial foundations to assert itself both as a leading maritime-logistics centre in the Atlantic and as a digital innovation hub serving the region.
In conclusion, by simultaneously creating condi - tions for economic long-term sustained devel - opment on the sea and the digital areas, Cabo Verde is honouring its geographical identity and embracing its technological future. Cabo Verde is moving towards being an exemplary case of a small island nation that is reinventing itself as a platform open to the world, intelligently using the resources of the ocean and the potential of digital technology to promote economic devel - opment.
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