NIGERIA 🇳🇬 CABO VERDE 🇨🇻

NIGERIA 🇳🇬 CABO VERDE 🇨🇻

It was an engaging bilateral session with the Foreign Minister of Cabo Verde, who is also the Country’s Minister of Defence, H.E Manuel Augusto Lima Amante de Rosa on the margins of the 26th Extraordinary Session of the Executive Council of the African Union in Luanda, Angola.
Also in attendance was the Permanent Secretary of Nigeria’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Dunoma Umar Ahmed.

Cape Verde (Cabo Verde) is an archipelago of ten volcanic islands in the Atlantic Ocean, approximately 500km off the West African Coast.
Its official language is Portuguese.

Nigeria and Cabo Verde (Cape Verde) maintain friendly diplomatic, cultural, and economic relations, primarily cooperating through the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and there are over 1000 Nigerians living in Cabo Verde, working in strategic sectors, particularly the digital and innovation sector.

Our nations collaborate closely on regional policy, security, and health initiatives amongst others, and Nigeria and Cabo Verde launched the Digital Africa Corridor to drive technological innovation, startup growth, and cross-border digital trade between both nations.

Our bilateral discussions prioritized improving direct air links, migration, tourism partnerships, AfCFTA, technical cooperation and cooperative transport frameworks.