The Ministry of Education and Human Development (MINEDH) revealed today that more than 1.1 million primary and secondary school students will be submitted to final exams between November 25 and December 10 in the country. According to MINEDH's spokesperson, Gina Guibunda, quoted by "Notícias", the first exams will take place...
Author: Salvador Baloi (Salvador Baloi)
"Business activity reaches four-month high" - PMI Index
The Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) calculated by Standard Bank, shows an increase in orders, which consequently gave a new lease of life to Mozambican companies in the month of October. In the period under review, the index released this Monday, points out that business activity grew to 52.1, the highest value in the last four months. "The new...
Maputo to have 80 gas-powered buses starting in December
The Metropolitan Transport Agency of Maputo (AMT), will count as of next month, with 80 buses powered by natural gas. This is an investment estimated at 3.5 million dollars which is intended to reduce the operational cost of transport. According to the technical administrator of AMT, Armando Bembele, the buses manufactured in...
When the country allows you to dream, but challenges hold you back
"Dreaming, desiring, and mentalizing are basic prerequisites for man to achieve a certain purpose", so says a popular adage, and reality certifies it. However, in Mozambique the situation is different for many, because the challenges almost exceed the capacity of the Mozambicans' aspirations! And the numbers prove this reality, there are more challenges than successes achieved! There are...
FEMATRO defends "severe punishment" to stop traffic accidents
The association of transporters wants there to be severe punishment against offending drivers to end road accidents in the country. According to the president of the Mozambican Federation of Road Carriers Associations (FEMATRO), Castigo Nhamane, "there must be severe accountability for the authors of these accidents. Nhamane who was reacting to the traffic accident that culminated...
"There is a risk of terrorism spreading to the entire southern region," warns SADC military mission
The Joint Southern African Military Mission in Mozambique (SAMIM) believes that terrorism could spread throughout the southern African region if it is not urgently addressed. According to the SAMIM spokesman, terrorism in Cabo Delgado is "multifaceted. "Terrorism in northern Mozambique could spread to the entire...
EIB and AllianzGI launch EUR 500M fund for climate action in emerging countries
The European Investment Bank (EIB) and the asset manager Allianz Global Investors (AllianzGI) have just launched on Monday the Emerging Market Climate Action Fund (EMCAF), a "fund of funds" that aims to mobilize private capital for projects that help emerging and developing countries in Africa, Asia or Latin America adapt to the impacts of climate change
"Accelerating vaccination is the best way to stop the pandemic," says WHO
The World Health Organization (WHO) and the European Medicines Agency (EMA) consider that the greatest weapon against the Covid-19 pandemic is to accelerate vaccination, since most hospitalizations and deaths occur in people who are not immunized
"Mozambique is making significant strides in protecting marine ecosystems"
Rodrigues Fernandes, representative of the director of the Global Environment Facility in Mozambique (WWF Mozambique), praised the steps taken by the country regarding the protection, conservation and restoration of marine ecosystems
ANE starts maintenance works on the EN1 to reduce accidents
The Maputo provincial government, through the National Roads Administration (ANE) will launch this week routine and periodic maintenance works on National Road Number One, EN1