Mindelo – Cabo Verde Nomad Experience 🇨🇻🧑💻
Cabo Verde is a Paradise archipelago with 9 islands, white sand beach, good weather, and African culture.
In 2021 the government started a project to welcome digital nomads and remote workers that included a Remote Work Visa, a community in Mindelo, and partnerships with local companies for accommodation and coworking.
Last year around 80 nomads visited and tried the Mindelo community and the feedback was always very good.
Now it’s your turn.
Welcome to Cabo Verde 
The Positive Impact Community Program
The Positive Impact Community Program is an event by NomadX where we take care of accommodation, community, volunteering and transfers to the airport – you just have to show up ✌️
We partnered with several NGOs that need the help of our knowledge to grow and make a positive impact in this country.
Some of the causes this NGOs support:
- Animal wellbeing and protection
- Environment
- Local economic and social development
- Children support
- Female entrepreneurship
We believe that nomads can and should have a positive impact, so we created this program. You just need to show up, have fun and make a positive impact with your time and knowledge.
We know sometimes it’s hard to look for accommodation in a new country, it’s hard to find the events, the right places, and the best activities, that’s why we created this program: to help you out with everything you need to enjoy Cabo Verde from December to April.
What do you get for your money?
1-month Accommodation (December to April – Available for now)
Private Studio in the city center or Coliving options
Professional Coworking Space
Full-time Community Manager
Local experiences with locals
Prices:
- Coliving from 600 euros/month (couple prices available)
- Private studio from 950 euros/month
Accommodation
Our Coliving Experience (with Simabô, a NGO partnership)
We are offering for the first time a coliving experience with our friends from Simabô, the house has 7 rooms and space to work right at the center of Mindelo, just 5 minutes walking from the beach.
Simabô is also dog shelter and this coliving helps finance their operations in Mindelo. You have access to a nice common kitchen, a nice rooftop, working space, good internet and a community of like minded people.
Walking distances: Beach 5 minutes; Supermarket 5 minutes; Coworking 15 minutes.
We made a special package with Simabô: 1 month Accommodation 1 month access to private coworking space 1 month community manager Transfer from and to the airport + Private Room with bathroom: 650 euros. Private room with Shared Bathroom 500 euros
We have 6 studios in the center of Mindelo with wifi (I did a lot of calls from there) and just 5 minutes walking from the coworking space.
All the studios have a balcony and a private kitchen.
All the restaurants, cafés, and tourist attractions are 10 minutes walking. The main beach is 15 minutes walking (Laginha Beach).
2 Studios 3 minutes from the beach
Amwilla has 2 studios next to Laginha beach (main beach) near a supermarket in a quiet area of Mindelo. The studios are fully equipped with internet, TV and small kitchen.
Walking distance: Beach 2 minutes away; Supermarket 1 minute; Coworking 18 minutes
3 Studios near the main plaza in Mindelo (Praça Estrela)
Also from Amwilla, we have 3 studios with an incredible rooftop with a view all over Mindelo. The studios are on a local quiet street, near supermarkets and the tennis club.
Walking distance: Beach 25 minutes; Supermarket 4 minutes; Coworking 7 minutes; Street market 1 minute
More accommodation opportunities will be added in the future.
An additional 20€ Tourist fee will be added to the final price as legally required.
The Coworking Space
Included in the price and just 5 minutes walking from your accommodation we have Prime Coworking.
A private Coworking space from the biggest Coworking operator in Cabo Verde. Prime opened before the pandemic and reopened last year to welcome the digital nomads’ project.
The average internet speed is 100MB 
💡 What to do in Cabo Verde?
Mindelo is the capital of culture of Cabo Verde, you can expect weekly events, daily concerts, incredible fish, and a lot of adventure 💫
Some of our favourite activities include:
👉 Swimming with sea turtles in São Pedro
👉 Live concerts every evening
👉 Jeep Tour around the island
👉 Kitesurf in Salamansa beach
👉 Sunset in Laginha beach
👉 Rooftop chill and cocktails at Terra Lodge Hotel
👉 Swimming every day at Laginha Beach
👉 Drink Ponche and Caipirinhas
👉 Dance Kizomba (Classes available)
👉 Weekend hiking trip to Santo Antão Island (1 hour by boat)
👉 Eating fresh fish every day
👉 Friday luxury sunset at M.Sunset Infinity pool and restaurant
🛂 Visas
1️⃣ The Tourist Visa The tourist visa gives you 30 days in the country and you can see all the details here: https://www.capeverdeislands.org/visa/ You can extend this visa at the police station for an extra 90 days.
Here’s a nice blog post about it: https://mindofahitchhiker.com/90-day-visa-cabo-verde-part-1/ https://mindofahitchhiker.com/90-day-visa-cabo-verde-part-2-cabo-verde-visa-extension/
2️⃣ The Remote Work Visa
Cabo Verde also created the remote work visa that allows you to stay in the country for 6 months and can be renewed for more 6 months. All the work is done before your arrival but it takes at least 1 month.
All the information is here: https://www.remoteworkingcaboverde.com/en/form
📍How to arrive to Mindelo?
The best way is through direct flights from Lisbon or Amsterdam. Lisbon has 2 airlines flying to Cabo Verde: TAP Portugal and CV Airlines.
You can also fly to other islands and book an internal flight through the local airline Bestfly.
🧭 How to move around Mindelo?
Mindelo is a very walkable city, most places are within a 15-minute walk. Taxis are widely available and charge a fixed fee during the day (around 1.5 euros) and night (around 2.5 Euros) for trips inside the city. Between cities, you can go by local bus (around 1.5 euros) leaving from Praça Estrela or by Taxi (around 15 euros to São Pedro and Salamansa).
💰 Currency in Cabo Verde
The local currency is the Cape Verdean Escudo (CVE) and it trades at a fixed rate of 110 escudos per 1 euro. You can get money in any ATM around the city, be aware that a tax is charged per transaction. Payment with card is also available in most international restaurants and locations, being advised to always walk around with at least 2000CVE.
The Community Manager (December to March)
Anna Maria became a digital nomad in 2018 and visited 40+countries.
Her goal is to promote location independent lifestyle and show how remote work can have a positive impact on local populations and countries. She is passionate about connecting nomads with locals and create win win synergies.
Professionally she manages digital transformation projects and consult on remote work and cross-cultural skills. She is also a Digital Nomad Ambassador and Multilingual Keynote Speaker.
Additionally advises destinations and organisations on strategy to boost emerging nomad destinations.
She was featured in various international media in Spain, Cape Verde, Croatia, Slovenia, Montenegro and Bosnia and Herzegovina.
❗️How to Register
In order to Register just fill out this form 
(an email will be sent to you with the payment details)