The ambassador of Portugal in Mozambique, Costa Moura, announced this Thursday that his country will start with a program to train young Mozambicans in humanitarian assistance in Cabo Delgado, as part of efforts to combat terrorism in that northern province of the country. Costa Moura, who was speaking during the Conference of Dialogue for...
State General Account 2020 generates controversy on the parliamentary benches
The parliamentary benches diverge on respect for the basic principles of public accounting in the State General Account for the 2020 fiscal year. The lack of clarity is the main point that causes controversy among the MPs from the three parliamentary benches. Debated this week in Parliament, the Frelimo parliamentary group believes that the...
Prime Minister: "Contracting goods and services to the State must have transparency
The Prime Minister, Carlos Agostinho do Rosário, argues that the process of procurement of goods and services for the state, should be guided by the principle of transparency, lawfulness and free from corruption. According to Carlos Agostinho do Rosário that answered the complaints placed for the deputies of the Republic Assembly, on the direct adjustments in the contracting of the rendering of services...
Mozambican startup Fidli, an innovative customer loyalty system
VOID, a Maputo-based technology and communications company has just launched Fidli, a customer loyalty system to support local businesses affected by the pandemic. Fidli is an innovative customer loyalty system that promises local businesses to increase the number of their customers' visits and their revenues.
Maputo: a new perspective on what we see every day, in the same place
Imagine something that comes into your eyes, every day, and without asking permission, there it is, being the focus of your gaze. That thing remains there, eternally. But if it doesn't change at all, our gaze needs a new perspective. The invitation from MZNews is to (re)see some corners of the city of Maputo,...
Improving agribusiness requires strengthening bank financing, argues CCM
The president of the Mozambican Chamber of Commerce (CCM), Álvaro Massingue, challenges the commercial banks to grant credit lines directed to agriculture, at an attractive cost, to boost this sector which absorbs 80% of the economically active population in the country. Massingue said that many credit application processes, on the part of Small and Medium Sized...
Mozambique already has a marine management plan
The President of the Republic, Filipe Nyusi, launched today in the city of Vilankulo, Inhambane province, a maritime spatial planning plan as part of the strategy of good governance of the sea and sustainable management of marine resources. This is an instrument that includes five categories and classes of space, namely Total Protection Zones, Qualified Zones, Qualified...
Government considers that terrorism makes the sustainable exploitation of marine resources unfeasible
Violent extremism is the main factor that prevents the implementation of several projects that would enable the sustainable exploitation of ocean resources for the benefit of the population. According to the President of the Republic, Filipe Nyusi, who was speaking at the opening in Vilankulo of the second edition of the Crescendo Azul Conference that runs until tomorrow, terrorism is a threat...
Rain and strong winds alert for the south zone
The southern region of the country could from today, be battered by rain and strong winds. The alert is the National Institute of Meteorology (INAM) that predicts strong winds with gusts up to 70 kilometers per hour and rain that can be "locally very strong" and accompanied by "severe thunderstorms. "The alert covers several districts...
Government answers questions to MPs today
The government returned today to the Assembly of the Republic (AR) to answer the questions of insistence, referring to the General State Account of 2020, placed by the members of the three benches. During the presentation of the General State Account for the economic year 2020, the Prime Minister, Carlos Agostinho do Rosário, said on Wednesday that the executive has...