{"id":6703,"date":"2022-07-22T08:12:37","date_gmt":"2022-07-22T08:12:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/internationaldiplomat.com\/?p=6703"},"modified":"2022-07-22T08:12:37","modified_gmt":"2022-07-22T08:12:37","slug":"cabo-verde-on-the-way-to-becoming-an-air-maritime-and-digital-hub","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/12h71.com\/?p=6703","title":{"rendered":"Cabo Verde on the way to becoming an air, maritime and digital hub by Annegret Mathari"},"content":{"rendered":"<p lang=\"en-GB\" style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Cabo Verde on the way to becoming an air, maritime and digital hub<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li lang=\"en-GB\" style=\"text-align: left;\"><em><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Geneva (July 15) Cabo Verde is transforming adversities into solutions, developing its role as a hub for air and maritime transport as well as for a digital economy.<\/span><\/span><\/em><\/li>\n<li lang=\"en-GB\" style=\"text-align: left;\"><em><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Annegret Mathari, Geneva<\/span><\/span><\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p lang=\"en-GB\" style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">The sun and wind, which long symbolized drought, today represent sources of renewable energy for Cabo Verde. The sea, which once symbolized emigration, today represents tourism, desalinated water, seafood exports, aquaculture and canning industry products. There is a place for R&amp;D in the blue economy with the potential both for exploiting the blue economy and for clean energy production.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-GB\">Cabo Verde is resilience, overcoming and transforming adversities into solutions\u201d, Prime Minister Ulisses Correia e Silva said at the opening session of the General Assembly of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WPO) in Geneva on July 15. Cabo Verde is a nation that has existed for more than\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-GB\">five and a half\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-GB\">centuries. The country has gone from being a colony to becoming an independent country, from a one-party regime to a constitutional liberal democracy.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-GB\">From being a LDC\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-GB\">[l<\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-GB\">east\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-GB\">d<\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-GB\">eveloped\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-GB\">c<\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-GB\">ountry<\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-GB\">]<\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-GB\">, we have reached the status of a MIC\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-GB\">[m<\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-GB\">iddle\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-GB\">i<\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-GB\">ncome\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-GB\">c<\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-GB\">ountry<\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-GB\">]<\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-GB\">\u00a0and are legitimately aiming\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-GB\">for<\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-GB\">\u00a0sustainable development,\u201d Correia e Silva said. \u201cThe geographical location that used to position us far from the world today positions Cabo Verde as a\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-GB\">t<\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-GB\">ourism platform and with high potential as an air, maritime and digital hub, and for maritime cooperative safety in the Atlantic.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p lang=\"en-GB\" style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Expanding tourism<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p lang=\"en-GB\" style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Cabo Verde is interested in the African tourism market. Already before the covid-19 pandemic, the country had started to invest in its airline, but the pandemic interrupted this development. According to Correia e Silva there is a need for more flights to and from African countries, and Cabo Verde is an important air hub for intercontinental flights, between Africa and Europe and between Africa and the Americas. \u201cWe are a well located country\u201d, Cabo Verde\u2019s prime minister told\u00a0<i>Diva International<\/i>. \u201cIt is close to the African continent, to Europe and to Brazil.\u201d Before the covid-19 pandemic, nearly 800,000 tourists travelled to the country each year.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p lang=\"en-GB\" style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">WIPO is an important partner for Cabo Verde, for the country is interested in developing the field of intellectual property and in opening international markets. The country has unique products like the wine produced on Fogo Island close to the volcano. The coffee produced on Fogo Island is being sold today in Starbucks coffee shops, Correia e Silva told\u00a0<i>Diva international<\/i>. Intellectual property also plays an important role in the country\u2019s handicrafts and in copyrights for its music.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p lang=\"en-GB\" style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Covid-19 has accelerated development of ways of realizing the potential for innovation and information and communication technology. For his country, the genius of human creativity is an essential basis for sustainable development, Correia e Silva emphasized.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p lang=\"en-GB\" style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">According to the prime minister, Cabo Verde is interesting for foreign investors, especially from the Diaspora, whose members live especially in the United States. There are some 500,000 inhabitants today on the Cabo Verde Islands. More than twice as many people are living in the Diaspora, half a million of them in the United States, others in Europe and on the African continent.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p lang=\"en-GB\" style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Increasing trade with African markets<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p lang=\"en-GB\" style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">When in Geneva, Correia e Silva also visited the World Trade Organization (WTO). His country is developing internet platforms for a more efficient management of foreign trade. Another topic discussed at the WTO was the African free trade market, an initiative of the African Union that is already ratified. One of the objectives of Cabo Verde is better integration into African markets. According to Correia e Silva, Cabo Verde\u2019s trade with the African continent today accounts for only 2 percent of its foreign trade. To increase this figure, the prime minister said, there is a need to put in place an adequate system of maritime transport.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p lang=\"en-GB\" style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Cabo Verde is also becoming a digital hub. There are many technology start-ups in the country, which offers a favourable ecosystem for e-commerce, technically and fiscally. Cabo Verde is also attractive for digital nomads.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p lang=\"en-GB\" style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Renewable energy<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p lang=\"en-GB\" style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">An important topic of Correia e Silva\u2019s discussions of in Geneva was renewable energy. Cabo Verde has a strong program for energy transition.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p lang=\"en-GB\" style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Today renewable energy, mainly solar, covers around 20 percent of the country\u2019s energy needs, and it is expected to increase to 50 per cent by 2030. Cabo Verde is also promoting electric mobility and has started to procure electric cars for public transport. By 2040, the country hopes to be using only electric vehicles. According to Correia e Silva, this is not only a climate change matter, but also an economic one.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p lang=\"en-GB\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-6707 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/internationaldiplomat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/capoverde-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cabo Verde on the way to becoming an air, maritime and digital hub Geneva (July 15) Cabo Verde is transforming adversities into solutions, developing its role as a hub for air and maritime transport as well as for a digital economy. 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