Cape Verde

  • 05 Oct 2016

    Signs of better governance in West Africa

    Country: 
    Benin
    Cape Verde
    Chad
    Côte d'Ivoire
    Ghana
    Topics: 
    Democracy & Peace
    SWAC: 
    SWAC
    Body: 
    According to the 2016 Ibrahim Index of African Governance (IIAG), governance in Africa has overall slightly improved over the past decade but the security situation has clearly become worse: two out of three Africans live in a country where safety and the rule of law deteriorated over the past ten years. This is particularly the case in Guinea-Bissau, Nigeria and Chad. Overall, the ECOWAS area is the second best-performing African region, after southern Africa, having recorded the largest increase in its average score (52.4) for overall governance. Read on
  • 22 Sep 2016

    Internet: West Africans are going mobile but many are still offline

    Country: 
    Cape Verde
    Ghana
    Nigeria
    Topics: 
    Culture & Society
    Infrastructure
    SWAC: 
    SWAC
    Body: 
    Despite the huge progress, Africa remains the least-connected continent. Africa’s broadband household penetration accounted for 15.4% in 2015, far behind the worldwide average of 52.3% (Asia and the Pacific - 46.4%; the Americas - 64.4%; and Europe - 84%). When it comes to individual Internet usage, Nigeria was the best-performing West African country in 2015, with almost one out of two Nigerians connected. Read on
  • 15 Jul 2016

    Cape Verde, Senegal lead in CPIA ratings

    Country: 
    Cape Verde
    Ghana
    Senegal
    Topics: 
    Development co-operation
    Economy
    Employment
    Body: 
    The World Bank has published the 2015 rankings in its Country Policy and Institutional Assessment (CPIA) report for Africa. Revised annually, the CPIA score evaluates, on a scale of 1 to 6, the capacity of a country's policies and institutions to support sustainable growth and poverty reduction. With Cape Verde and Senegal, West Africa is home to the second and third best scores in the continental ranking, after Rwanda. Read on
  • 20 Mar 2016

    Cape Verde: Opposition wins power after 15 years

    Country: 
    Cape Verde
    Topics: 
    Democracy & Peace
    Body: 
    The peaceful democratic transition on the Cape Verdean islands is yet another positive example of the Island’s mature democracy. The centre-right Movement for Democracy (MpD), Cape Verde’s main opposition party, led by José Correia e Silva, mayor of the capital city Praia, gained an absolute majority in the 20 March parliamentary elections (53.5% of votes, 38 seats). Read on