infrastructure foundation of digital economy, complemented as needed with recommendations on
other foundational elements. The team held meetings with many of the key public and private
sector stakeholders to reach a comprehensive understanding of the challenges and opportunities to
support the government vision for transforming CV into a digital hub capable of supporting
business outsourcing and back office operations, software development, and Cloud hosting.
C. Summary of Mission Findings
5.
Strategy Validation. The meetings demonstrated the success of the Cabo Verde
government across several fields, notably in establishing a comprehensive vision for the country’s
development and the ICT sector growth. This vision has articulated three key priority pillars
including expansion of the connectivity infrastructure, enhancement of capacity building, and
provision of digital services through a regional marketplace. The vision has also highlighted the
importance of establishing an enabling governance and regulatory framework to accelerate the
transformation of the country as regional ICT hub. We recognize the ambitious targets in various
ICT impact indicators defined in this strategy to leapfrog economic growth and social development
in Cabo Verde, including:
Impact
Indicators
Unit
Baseline
2016
2017
YEAR
2018 2019 2020
2021
TOTAL
2017/2021
Contribution of
ICT in GDP
Percentage
<1%
(6%)
0.5%
1.5%
3.0%
5.0%
6.0%
6.0%
Increase in ICT /
GDP Exports
Percentage
0.0%
0.1%
0.5%
1.0%
2.0%
3.0%
3.0%
Ranking
97
(4,60)
96
94
91
89
87
(5,03)
87
(5,03)
Percentage
70%
72%
74%
80%
85%
90%
90%
IDI - ICT
Development
Index (ITU)
Broadband
Access
New Companies
created in the
Number
79
125
150
175
250
250
ICT Sector
Additional jobs
created in the
Number
155
160
220
250
320
450
ICT Sector**
**Additional 1500 jobs are expected to be created at the new Technology Park.
950
1400**
Source: NOSi, 2017
6.
Key policy and regulatory prerequisites for connectivity. Based on the sector’s review
of best international practices and the findings of previous missions in Cabo Verde, the team has
identified a set of policy and regulatory prerequisites that would enable the achievement of such
bold vision, and key foundational elements to accelerate the country’s reach of such aspirational
targets. The prerequisites include:
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