Africa-Press – Cape verde. The President of the Republic stated, this Saturday, in the city of Praia, that Cape Verde is growing below its potential as it does not take advantage of its talents in several areas.
José Maria Neves, who spoke at the opening of the Cabo Verde Sports Festival conference, praised the talents in the areas of music, with morna as a World Heritage Site, and in sports he highlighted the “worldwide notoriety” achieved by the football, handball and basketball teams.
“ In the field of creative industries we can make a leap, if we see the qualities of our visual artists and our literature. These are areas that are certainly below our potential ”, observed José Maria Neves, highlighting that Cape Verde has to take advantage of its potential to achieve development.
For the head of state, Cape Verde, “sometimes” , does not have the dimension of the importance of the achievements achieved by its artists and athletes, exemplifying the relevance of the bronze medal achieved, in 2026, by the paralympic athlete Gracelino Barbosa, at the Games Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro (Brazil).
“ We need to accelerate to continue growing according to our potential (…) because Cape Verdeans have talents in different areas and also with a large diasporic dimension” , he pointed out.
The Cabo Verde Sports Festival is an initiative of Hello Cabo Verde, an association that promotes Cape Verde, both in France and on the Islands, through sporting, cultural, social and tourist initiatives.
The event, which brings together national and international authorities, sports professionals, renowned and amateur athletes, the Cape Verdean and African diaspora, as well as civil society, aims to catalyze a collective reflection on the role of sport in the socio-economic development of Cape Verde, from a dynamic platform that encourages interaction and collaboration.
The aim of this conference, according to the president, Andreia Levy, is to attract internationally renowned sporting events to Cape Verde, as well as investments in projects that aim to strengthen sports infrastructures and promote sports tourism as a driver of economic growth.
This afternoon, at 4:00 pm, the CV Sport Festival Organization will be received by the President of the Republic, José Maria Neves.
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