Publication date: 2011, July
Author: AfDB
Description: The project will concern 492 000 inhabitants (or 94% of the total population) of Cape Verde living on six of its islands. It will contribute to increasing the overall rate of access to electricity from 88% in 2010 to 98% by 2018, and will also facilitate the electrification of some fifty localities in rural areas. The project’s direct beneficiaries will be the households, craftsmen, businesses, government services and SMEs/SMIs of the six islands.