Czech-Cape Verdean company foresees 6ME to start producing aircraft in Cape Verde

An official source told Lusa News Agency that a Czech-Cape Verdean company foresees an initial investment of €6 million (US$5.8 million) to start producing aircraft in Cape Verde to then sell them to the African market.

“I have been elaborating on this project for two years now; I created the Czech-Cape Verdean Aeronautical company, a company that will produce the airplanes from Orlican and Air Craft Industries in Cape Verde,” began by explaining Mónica Sofia Duarte, executive director of the company recently created in the Czech Republic.

Mónica Duarte is also vice-president of the Czech-Cape Verde Chamber of Commerce, created in April 2020, and that last week held in Praia the first business fair between the two countries, where she launched the idea of starting to produce small aircraft in Cape Verde.

The responsible indicated that it would start at the beginning of next year with the factory installation in Praia, near the current international airport. “A strategic place”, she stressed, noting that the company already has two hectares of land to implement the proj