Standard Bank Moçambique recently launched a subsidiary company called Standard Fundo de Pensões-Sociedade Gestora. The purpose is to support employees of companies and individuals to save, invest, generate wealth and ensure financial stability. The fund represents an investment option to provide a dignified complementary retirement, acting as social security for the future, as...
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Nyusi considers Zimbabwe a "natural ally" in new projects
The President of the Republic, Filipe Nyusi, considered, this Friday, Zimbabwe a "natural ally" of Mozambique in new projects. The statement was expressed during a visit by his Zimbabwean counterpart, Emmerson Mnangagwa. "Collective management with Zimbabwe is inevitable, it is a natural ally," Nyusi said, regarding a joint venture of management of...
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Covid-19: Canada donates more than one million doses of vaccine to Mozambique
The United Nations Children's Fund (Unicef) announced on Friday that Canada has donated more than one million doses of vaccines against covid-19 from manufacturer AstraZeneca to Mozambique, under the Covax initiative. The Unicef statement clarifies that this shipment of doses "complements the 12,481,620 doses already obtained by the Government...
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Masturbation and sexual orientation are no longer topics in 7th grade in Mozambique
The Ministry of Education and Human Development said Friday that it will remove content on "masturbation and sexual orientation" from the 7th grade Natural Sciences book of the current curriculum in Mozambique, after a wave of indignation that the matter generated in society. "For the present academic year, we recommend schools not to address...
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Gapi and Spain invest 8 million meticals in small businesses in Cabo Delgado
Gapi, an investment company, and Ayuda en Acción, a Spanish non-governmental organization (NGO), announced Wednesday the implementation of a "Working for Progress" small business support program in Cabo Delgado to minimize the damage from the terrorist attacks. According to a statement, the technical assistance program for the...
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Hidden Debts: Maleiane says only EMATUM was enrolled in the Treasury
The Minister of Economy and Finance, Adriano Maleiane, told the Judicial Court of Maputo City today that when he assumed the portfolios of his ministry, only EMATUM's debt was registered in the National Treasury Directorate. During a hearing taking place in BO, Maputo province, Maleiane also informed the Court that no...
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Covering of schools destroyed by natural disasters in Beira begins
Started this Wednesday in the city of Beira the provisional coverage of some public schools that in March 2019 were severely destroyed during the passage of tropical cyclone Idai, a situation that has worsened with the occurrence of new storms in recent years. In a tour we made of some of these schools we found that such...
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Luso-mozambican coach will receive 122 thousand dollars from the FMF
The Portuguese-Mozambican coach, Luís Goncalves, reached an agreement with the Secretary of State for Sports (SED) to settle the debt of the Mozambican Football Federation (FMF). The former National Football Selector arrived in Maputo, this Thursday, according to our source, and after a conversation with the holder of SED, Carlos Gilberto...
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More households receive grants to mitigate the impact of covid-19
More than 900,000 households that fell into poverty due to the Covid-19 pandemic have received grants in recent months under the Post-Emergency Direct Social Action Program (PASD-PE). The assistance was mostly targeted at women, people with disabilities, the elderly, and child-headed households. The director-general of the National Institute for Social Action (INAS), Glória...
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Filipe Nyusi reaffirms government's commitment to restore security in Cabo Delgado
The President of the Republic reaffirms that the government is committed to restoring security in the districts affected by terrorist action, in Cabo Delgado province, so that investments can return. Speaking this Wednesday at the end of his working visit to the European Union, based in Brussels, the capital of the Kingdom of Belgium, Filipe Nyusi...