As a suggestion: Adding time schedules to the Full Guide as they’re shown in the TACV timetable, would be a plus. Although, I know is really hard work going into so much detail.

All portuguese speaking would be capable to endorse the CAP richness.
Africa is the future, and the portuguese speaking countries will be encountering a new economic future. Sufficient resources I would say. Go for it !

Mevr. mr. drª Marian Aletta Does
Advogada portuguresa – abogada comunitaria – dutch lawyer.
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You may have stretched a bit to attempt to include Cape Verde in this group!

“Sal offers all of the conditions necessary to stimulate business, attract investments and promote economic growth around the sector, A Semana reported.”

How so? Simply saying it does not make it so. Asemana is simply parroting what the government minister said. There is no analysis, no questions, just blanket statements.

This is what I call irresponsible journalism. Absolutely no information is provided to indicate how and why Sal has all the conditions to stimulate business and attract investments in this sector.

It is all just wishful thinking.

I have made a proposal but never received an answer, although I had financing.

Example, Boa Vista is able to produce all imported Crude Oil for Cape Verde, this would reduce the jobless rate to zero. I can create Energy Independence in different ways. But, priority is a responsible Government.

NOBODY AT ALL RESPONDED TO MY MAILS, so I have to assume that energy is no issue at Cape Verde.

I work on several energy concepts world wide, and I am very confident to say, Cape Verde could be today ENERGY EXPORTER. (Again in 2008 nobody responded)

When I criticized the problem of the aviation problem, the energy problem as well the tourism and others are based on stupid copying other mistakes and importing unappropriated solutions which do not work with the existing resources. I want to criticize
the unappropriated construction development not suited for an Island and not suited for civilization because otherwise they would not improve building codes first when they are talking about solving energy problems. Look at this new Goofy Hotel at Boa Vista, who has commissioned this? Who is planning a Golf Course – statistically you need a population of 300 000 to run it economically even! Who is crying for a Casino – you need more than 1mio people to run it economically! Who needs an Airport or a Highway?b All this can be categorized as actions without brain.

And exactly this is the discussion. To reduce it to a discussion about energy is not the right way. I guess, the right headline needs to be, – How looks a Responsible Government that works in the interest of the people and not the Tourists, or Golfer or Gambler. I am absolutely aware how difficult it is to implement new ways. But to take over blindly the dictate of Organizations who practice the same mistakes in their Countries is leading directly in a bigger disaster.

Cape Verde has a unique Chance to go a “modern way” highly supported by the EU. When you want to look at an existing model that works very well, than study Singapore. As I have mentioned earlier, it starts at the Governments level and the responsibility of it’s agencies.
From the Singapore Government I have an answer within 24 hours, this allows a discussion over a problem. When you don’t get a response, you are not able to solve any problem and you are forced to invest in a other Country.

You need to start to solve the problem before it becomes a problem.

http://www.evergreenmuseum.org/the-museum/aircraft-exhibits/the-spruce-goose/

or search spruce goose aircraft

So, and when you use the brain, you know that you do not need an expensive airport, highways to the airport. The Resources put in ports would serve the tourism and fishery, the highways put into public local transportation would 100 times serve better, and guess what you would not need a Ferry and it would be an Island Hopper Attraction.

But the problem is thinking.

Clearly, if there were about a half million tourists coming to Cape Verde, it is highly unlike that over 1 million people travelled through the airports. In fact, the number of people is HALF of what is reported!

This is because, Cape Verde’s airports (and seaports in the case of maritime travel) count EMBARKS and DISEMBARKS as a passengers. However, that means when you arrive in Cape Verde you are counted once and then when you leave you are counted TWICE. So the number reported is the number of embarks and disembarks, NOT the number of actual passengers! The actual number of people travelling through Cape Verde’s airports is thus around 700.000 (or half of what is reported). But even that number is somewhat overstated because local residents and business people who travel frequently or who visit more than one island during a trip are count 4, 6, 8, or in some cases, 10 or more times over the course of a year.

The other news that is clearly evident is that if the total of embarks and disembarks only increased 4% year over year (and it was in the 20+% range earlier in 2012), it means that tourism in Cape Verde is slowing down dramatically, and this is likely because of the economic crisis in Europe.