Career+Preparations

I would like to conduct business is Cape Verde. I chose this coutnry because it is where my family has originated from. It's a poor country located off the west coast of Africa. It is one of the most stable countries in Africa as of 2011 and 2012. The economy is suffering from poor natural resource, water shortage, and poor soil for argiculture on several of the islands. Food production is very low so they import 82% of food. Cape verde became a member of the WTO in 2008. They export seafood, footwear, clothing, accessories, electronic and electrical equipment ,iron, and steel. They import large quanties of food, construction and building materials, machinery, and textiles. Handling money in cape verde may be a little difficult because there are no credit or debit cards and there's a huge problem with mugging. The money currency is escudo. Currency exports require special permission. Only in praia do they accept different money currency. The other islands only accept escudo.There are not only people robbing outside of banks but also in hotels and homes. Its not safe to carry alot of money on you. Kriolu is the language spoken by all cape verdeans but is not yet a written language. There is only one known book in kriolu. Homework and Papers are completed in portugese. The weather is very warm all year long and rains rarely.