Malawi will remain on the list of priority countries with which Mozambique intends to raise the rates of trade aiming to leverage the economies of both countries. This is the belief of the president of the Confederation of Economic Associations of Mozambique, CTA. Agostinho Vuma who was speaking this Saturday at the opening of the Mozambique Malawi Business Forum in...
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Government guarantees to continue to facilitate initiatives to boost cooperation with Malawi
The Mozambican government will continue to facilitate initiatives aimed at boosting cooperation with Malawi. The position was reiterated, this Thursday, by the President of the Republic, Filipe Nyusi, in Matambo, Changara district, Tete province, at the launching of the first stone for the construction of the electricity line interconnecting Mozambique-Malawi. The ceremony was attended by...
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PR launches Electrical Interconnection Project with Malawi valued at USD 62 million
The Mozambican Head of State launched the second phase of the Electric Interconnection Project between Mozambique and Malawi, in a ceremony that took place in Tete, and that was attended by the Malawi Head of State, Lazarus Chakwera, who is on a working visit to Mozambique since yesterday. The infrastructure, with an extension of...
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EDM to spend USD 35 million for electricity link with Malawi
Electricidade de Moçambique (EDM) will start, on the Mozambican side, the construction of the electricity interconnection line with Malawi. The transmission line, estimated at US$ 35 million, will be 142 kilometers long with a capacity of 400 kilowatts, starting from the new Matambo Substation (Tete), which will be erected under the project...
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Excessive bureaucracy impedes investments between Mozambique and Malawi
Excessive bureaucracy in the authorization of foreign direct investments, customs clearance, and non-tariff barriers constrain the flow of trade and investment between Mozambique and Malawi. The two countries consider it urgent to remove trade barriers to increase the flow of investment opportunities. The president of the Tete Provincial Business Commission, Hermínio...
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Verónica Macamo defends the economic emancipation of SADC
The Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation, Veronica Macamo says the time has come for SADC member countries to embark on an economic emancipation through industrialization. Veronica Macamo who was speaking in Lilongwe city, Malawi, during the SADC Council of Ministers meeting, said that the macroeconomic structure should...
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SADC Council of Ministers meets in Malawi
The Council of Ministers of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) discusses from today in Malawi, the promotion and deepening of regional integration, cooperation and economic development. The two-day meeting will also discuss the degree of fulfillment and implementation of the decisions of the last council of ministers and the summit...
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AT concerned about smuggling of agricultural products at the border with Malawi
The Mozambican Tax Authority (AT) expresses its concern with the wave of smuggling that is registered in the border line between Mozambique and Malawi, with emphasis on agricultural products. According to the president of AT, Amelia Muendane, the Melosa border, located in the district of Milange, central province of Zambezia, was one of the critical points...
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Malawi will import fuel from the port of Nacala
The National Oil Company of Malawi announces the beginning, soon, of fuel import through the Nacala Railway Corridor. The initiative aims to alleviate the cost-effectiveness of road transport from the ports of Beira in Mozambique, Durban in South Africa and Dar Es Salaam in Tanzania. According to information advanced by Radio Mozambique,...
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Mozambique available to support Malawi in railway line project
Mozambique is willing to support Malawi to complete the project of the railway line linking the district of Mutarara in Tete to Marka in Nsanje in Malawian territory. Mozambique's support comes at a time when Malawi is facing difficulties of various kinds, which are hindering the progress of the project...