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After a tour of the islands of Santo Antão, São Vicente, Sal and Santiago in July of this year, international emerging markets business consultant Sophieke Kappers is back in Cape Verde to support entrepreneurs with projects hoping to receive funding from the Netherlands emerging Markets Cooperation Program, known by the Dutch acronym PSOM. Kappers will remain in Cape Verde until November 17, and is expected to met with representatives from more than twenty businesses during her stay.
On São Vicente and Sal, the consultant will be available for previously scheduled meetings at the installations of the Windward Islands Chamber of Commerce, Industry, Agriculture and Services. Among the most advanced projects among the candidates for the PSOM is that of Cape Verdean energy company Electric, Lda. Over the weekend, the Windward Islands Chamber of Comerce approved the co-financing of a technical assistance project for Electric, Lda. to the tune of more than 2 million escudos. The pilot project is founded in the valorization of renewable energies and the benefits they bring to the local, regional and national economy.
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