Investing
Capital plumbing: banks, currency and the macro picture.
Banks
Account opening for non-residents, KYC reality, transfer corridors.
Mortgages
Local CVE mortgages vs. cross-border euro lending. Rates and LTV.
Currency
The euro peg, FX corridors, and how to actually move money to Cabo Verde.
Economy
GDP, tourism receipts, port traffic. The indicators we actually track.
New projects
Marina expansion, port works, hotel pipelines. Public-record summaries.
Latest articles.
São Vicente 2026: an investor's outlook on a small, structural market
Why a 75,000-person island anchored by a deep-water port, a Euro-pegged currency and a maturing tourism circuit deserves a place on the European investor's research list.
9 min read · By Invest São Vicente Research
Financing a São Vicente acquisition: four routes, four cost-of-capital profiles
Most European buyers default to cash. We frame the four financing structures that actually close on São Vicente and where each one belongs in a portfolio.
8 min read · By Invest São Vicente Research
News brief: marina development around Mindelo Bay
Activity around Mindelo's marina perimeter remains a structural variable for adjacent property values. We summarise what is in the public record and what is not.
3 min read · By Invest São Vicente Research
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