The Bank of Mozambique (BM) is making efforts to implement a National Payments System (NPS) which, among others, should create conditions to accelerate the digitalization of the entire payment system, according to the administrator of the institution, Gertrudes Tovela. According to her, this is a path through which the...
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Price of car license plates increases by 150%. There are "heavy" names in the business...
The price of biometric license plates for motor vehicles in Mozambique is more expensive, up more than 100%, since April 25, 2022, reveals a report by the Centre for Public Integrity (CIP). From the previous 2,100.00 meticais, citizens now pay 5,000.00 meticais, that is, "an increase of 150%". This increase,...
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Inhambane to gain heavy sands exploration units
The economy of Inhambane province may experience a new dynamic with the installation of heavy sands exploration units in the districts of Inharrime and Jangamo by Mutamba Mineral company, and in the district of Vilankulo, in the region of Quewene, by Haiyu Mozambique Mining Co Lda. Mutamba Mineral is already carrying out the last...
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Demand for investment space in Zambezia increases
Zambézia province is experiencing a demand for space for the implementation of investment projects. Given the shortage for business initiatives that aim to revitalize the economy, some national and foreign investors have opted to give up their pretensions. The Secretary of State in Zambezia province, Judith Mussácula, who advanced the information...
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World Press Freedom Day is celebrated today
Civil society organizations consider that Mozambique has achieved remarkable progress in the fight for freedom of the press and freedom of expression, despite some incidents in armed conflict zones. "There is remarkable progress in press freedom, but obviously there are incidents that occur, from time to time, that remind us that we cannot take the...
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Covid-19: About 11% of grant money was used irregularly
Of the €30 million, €285 million came from grants aimed at tackling Covid-19 and about 11% of the total amount was used irregularly. The acknowledgement came from the government itself through a report, which advances steps to correct the situation. "It was found that in the course of the implementation of projects executed by some...
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More resources allocated to water supply in the country
The government has strengthened, in recent years, the volume of investment in the construction and rehabilitation of water supply infrastructures, with an impact on increasing the coverage and availability of this resource in the country. According to the newspaper Notícias, in the last ten years the water supply has reached more than six million people, resulting from the investment...
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Hunger affects about 17 thousand inhabitants of Massangena
About 17,000 inhabitants of the district of Massangena, Gaza province, are facing a serious food crisis. The information is provided by the secretary of state of the province of Gaza, Amosse Macamo, quoted by Radio Mozambique, and according to him, the situation results from the lack of rain, coupled with intense heat, phenomena that dictated the failure of the...
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Brazil's chicken production chain close to self-sufficiency
The national poultry industry is almost reaching self-sufficiency in chicken production, thanks to protectionist policies aimed at safeguarding local production and investments made in the sector to boost productivity levels, thus reducing dependence on imports. To this end, the country produced, last year, about 135 thousand tons...
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Workers pledge to fight for wealth production
Mozambican workers reiterated this Sunday in Xai-Xai, Gaza, their commitment to eradicate poverty by producing wealth in their workplaces. The message of the working class given by the general secretary of the Workers' Organization of Mozambique, Alexandre Munguambe, on the occasion of May 1st, International Workers' Day, whose central ceremonies in Mozambique...