Infrastructure — Cape Verde
Transport, communications, and energy.
Profile updated 2026-06-02
⚡ Infrastructure at a glance
Transport, communications, and energy. Key figure for Cape Verde: 9
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Transportation
- Airports - total
9
- Airports with Paved Runways
9
- Ports and Terminals
Mindelo, Praia, Tarrafal
Communications
- Telephones
72,200
- Cell Phones
148,000
- Internet Users
37,000
- Internet Country Code
.cv
- Internet Hosts
26
- Telephone System
- General Assessment: effective system, extensive modernization fr
- om 1996-2000 following partial privatization in 1995 Domestic: major service provider is Cabo Verde Telecom (CVT); fiber-optic ring, completed in 2001, links all islands providing Internet access and ISDN services; cellular service was introduced in 1998;
- broadband services were launched in 2004 International: country code - 238; landing point for the Atlantis-2 fiber-optic transatlantic telephone cable that provides links to South America, Senegal, and Europe; HF radiotelephone to Senegal and Guinea-Bissau; satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean)
Energy
- Electricity Consumption- Kilowatt Hours (kWh)
232,500,000
- Electricity Production- Kilowatt Hours (kWh)
250,000,000
- Oil Consumption- Barrels Per Day (bbl/day)
2,608