Cabo Verde — Cyber Threat Profile

Cabo Verde's 2026 posture is defined by the Digital Cabo Verde project, backed by extended World Bank funding. The government has prioritized a national 5G strategy and successfully achieved the international WebTrust Seal for its multisectoral regulatory agency, ARME. This certification secures the nation's root digital infrastructure, fostering trust in e-governance. As a strategic Atlantic data hub, Cabo Verde is focusing on subsea cable resilience and building regional capacity for incident response. Efforts are centered on balancing rapid digital expansion with the legislative frameworks needed to protect its growing digital economy from emerging maritime-based cyber threats.

Data protection authority: Comissão Nacional de Proteção de Dados Pessoais (source: CNIL)
Secure Internet servers per 1M people (2024): 857.3 (source: World Bank)
Internet users (2024): 74.7% of population (source: World Bank)

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