AGP Executive Report
Last update: 11 hours agoSouth Atlantic Connectivity: DE-CIX and Cabo Verde Telecom (CVTelecom) signed a Letter of Intent to explore a new Lisbon–São Paulo interconnection corridor, aiming to route data more directly between Southern Europe, West Africa and Latin America and reduce reliance on northern hubs. ECOWAS Youth in Elections: ECOWAS says it will add youth observers to election monitoring, with the approach set for Cabo Verde’s November vote and The Gambia’s December polls before extending to Nigeria’s 2027 elections. ECOWAS Startup Push: Nigeria’s HubPharm Africa won the ECOWAS Startup Awards’ top prize (US$30,000), with finalists including Afrikan Coders from Cabo Verde, as the bloc also launched new private-sector and startup academy initiatives. Climate Diplomacy Watch: A pre-COP31 meeting in Fiji is drawing limited high-level attendance from outside the Pacific, even as island states press for stronger climate action and finance ahead of COP31 in Turkey. Cabo Verde in Global Spotlight: The IMF highlights Cabo Verde as one of the few LDC graduates, noting graduation alone doesn’t automatically change growth patterns, but can offer lessons for small, shock-exposed economies.
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