The workers involved in the construction of the Dugongo Cement Plant in Nacala, Nampula province, are complaining of various problems such as lack of contracts, physical aggression, unfair dismissals, among other situations of mistreatment and injustice in the workplace. Three months have passed since construction began, but...
HCB brought in almost 35 million meticais in revenue last year
Last year, Hidroeléctrica de Cahora Bassa (HCB) earned 34,917.00 million meticais in revenue, an increase of 49.2% compared to the company's forecasts. According to Notícias, the cash inflow is the result of the revision of the tariff for the sale of electricity produced by HCB abroad. The economic, financial and operational performance report...
Google reaches market value of 2 billion dollars
Google has reached a valuation of 2 billion dollars, an unprecedented level in the 25-year history of the US company, joining Microsoft, Apple and Nvida. Google's historic valuation, according to Ao Minuto, was reached after the financial results for the first quarter of 2024 were revealed, with the success...
Government now has a new platform for registering suppliers of goods and services
The Mozambican government, through the National Directorate of State Assets, launched a new Platform for the Registration of Suppliers of Goods and Services to the State in Maputo on Thursday (25). This initiative aims to combat influence peddling, clientelism, undue intervention by business agents and other illegal practices in the country. In...
Mozambique Electricity spends more than 20 M$ annually on public lighting
The public company Electricidade de Moçambique (EDM) is complaining about the high costs of public lighting throughout the country, which amount to 20 million dollars a year, a supply that has no purchase subsidy. Lighting covers cities, large urban centers, towns and neighbourhoods in all municipal territories and beyond, with...
EDM announces unavailability of CREDELEC system next Monday
The prepaid energy sales system, also known as "Credelec", of the public company Electricidade de Moçambique (EDM) will be inoperable next Monday (29), starting at 9pm, the state-owned electricity company announced in a statement. The unavailability of the system, which will last until 10am the following day, April 30, is intended, according to EDM, to allow...
ISUTC invests in distance learning with the launch of online degrees
The Instituto Superior de Transportes e Comunicações (ISUTC) has announced the launch of ISUTC Online, an initiative that aims to democratize access to quality education by offering degrees in Engineering and Management through distance learning. In a statement released on Monday (22), the educational institution, created by Transcom, SA, in 1999, explains that...
Sealing of alcoholic beverages and tobacco earns the state more than 8 billion meticais
The Mozambican Tax Authority (AT) collected almost 8.1 billion meticais last year as a result of the implementation of the program to seal alcoholic beverages and manufactured tobacco. According to the deputy director-general of Customs, Fernando Alage, who was speaking yesterday, Wednesday (24), during the launch of the Border Control and Monitoring Project through...
ADIN selects three NGOs to implement development projects in the northern region
Yesterday (22) in Maputo, the Northern Integrated Development Agency (ADIN) selected three civil society organizations to develop and implement projects to prevent violent extremism in the provinces of Cabo Delgado, Niassa and Nampula. These are ActionAid Mozambique, the Mecanismo de Apoio à Sociedade Civil Foundation (MASC) and the...
Cabo Delgado: Workers block entrance to ruby mine demanding unpaid wages
A group of 100 workers from the logistics company REEF blocked the main entrance to the camp and the mine area where Fura Mining's ruby washing plant is located, in the district of Montepuez, Cabo Delgado. At issue is a debt of 17 million meticais owed by the company...