ProMEC Launch Marks Important Step in Cape Verde’s Transition Towards Electric Mobility

The NAMA Support Project “Promotion of Electric Mobility in Cape Verde”, which is locally known by its Portuguese acronym ProMEC, was formally launched in a virtual meeting on 16 March 2021. During the launch, which was attended by approx. 60 stakeholders from the public and private sectors, the Minister of Industry, Commerce and Industry, Alexandre Monteiro stressed that the project will greatly contribute to the implementation of Cape Verde’s Electric Mobility Policy and Action Plan adopted in February 2019. He stated that the government is promoting electric vehicles (EV) to decarbonize the road transport sector “that absorbs approx. 30% of the total domestic consumptions of imported fossil fuels”. These fuels can be substituted with electricity that is locally generated with renewable energy and set to contribute 54 % to the country’s electricity mix by 2030, as explained by Rito Évora, the National Director of Industry, Commerce and Energy (in 2019 the share was 18.4 %). The government of Cape Verde therefore set itself the objective to convert the fleet of the public administration to electric vehicles by 2030 and phase out conventional vehicles by 2050, which is a first on the African continent.