2008 in Cape Verde

The following lists events that happened during 2008 in Cape Verde.

← 2007 2006 2005 2008 in Cape Verde → 2009 2010 2011
Decades:	1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s 2020s
See also:	Other events of 2008 Timeline of Cabo Verdean history

Incumbents

• President: Pedro Pires
• Prime Minister: José Maria Neves

Events

• January 9: food export ban from Santo Antão due to the agricultural pest, the Cape Verdean millipede (Spinotarsus caboverdus), lifted^[1]
• May 18: Local elections took place in the municipalities
• June 27: A new government under Prime Minister Neves was announced^[2]
• October 9: ISE, ISCEMAR and INAG were dissolved, having become part of the University of Cape Verde^[3]
• November 24: Universidade de Santiago opened in Assomada
• December 13: São Filipe Municipal Museum opened in the old town hall of São Filipe^[4]

Sports

See also: 2007–08 in Cape Verdean football and 2008–09 in Cape Verdean football

• Sporting Clube da Praia won the Cape Verdean Football Championship^[5]