Mozambique Airlines (LAM) has just announced the rescheduling of domestic flights to airports in coastal cities due to weather forecasts for the coming days. "There will be rescheduling of flights which will affect the schedule previously disclosed" for each flight, and "passengers will be informed of any changes," reads a statement quoted by Lusa....
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Credit to the economy is expected to grow this year
The Government considers that the credit to the economy should register a growth this year, influenced fundamentally, by the improvement of the conditions of the economic activity in relation to last year, the tendency for collective immunization at a global and national level, as well as the reopening in the various sectors. Based on data provided by the Bank of Mozambique, the forecasts of the...
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The Circular Road toll calculations. Do you know how much you will pay per year?
The grim scenario about paying tolls on the Maputo ring road seemed distant, but gradually it became tangible. Our calculations indicate that, on average, driving on the Maputo Ring Road will cost almost double the Mozambican minimum wage after one year. Last week, on January 14
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The other "pandemic that runs at the speed of light" and threatens humanity
The number of deaths from infections caused by resistant bacteria will increase tenfold by 2050, that's right, tenfold, warns a study published in the Lancet, and that is quoted by the news at the minute. The data presented by the study are alarming. According to them, superbacteria already kill more than AIDS,...
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ADIN and UNDP donate zinc sheets to displaced people in Cabo Delgado
Five thousand zinc plates is the total number allocated to the displaced people in Cabo Delgado by the Integrated Development Agency of the North (ADIN) and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) earlier this week. The initiative, which is part of the Stabilization and Reconstruction program for people who were victims of the attacks...
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China cuts interest rates to boost economy
China lowered its benchmark rates in the country at a time when a slowdown in growth in the world's second largest economy is anticipated. At a time when the debate in the world's major central banks is about when to raise interest rates, with the US Federal Reserve expected to raise its key rate already...
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Cases of covid-19 in Africa now exceed 10.4 million
The African continent last week surpassed 10.4 million cases of covid-19, resulting in 235,000 deaths. The director of the African Union's African Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) announced today, last week's trend, compared to the previous one, reveals that there are 46 countries in the fourth wave,...
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Trade between China and Africa to reach record value in 2021 of 254 MM$
Trade between China and Africa rose 35% last year to a record value of US$254 billion. According to figures released today by China Customs, cited by Lusa, the year-on-year rise is equivalent to an increase of US$65 billion in trade, attesting to the growing importance of China in Africa.
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More than 200,000 people at risk from cyclones in Sofala
In Sofala, an estimated 206,000 people could be affected by the tropical storm forecast for next week. Most of the inhabitants at risk suffered from cyclones Idai and Eloíse, and are doubly vulnerable. Speaking, this Wednesday, during a meeting of the Emergency Operating Committee, quoted by "Notícias", the provincial delegate of INGD (Institute...
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Rwandan businessmen want to diversify investment in Mozambique
Rwandan businessmen intend to diversify investment in Mozambique in the sectors of agriculture (tea and coffee,) and dairy products, extractive industry, logistics, tourism and import of various products, in a not distant future. This intention was expressed in Kigali during the 24th edition of the Rwanda International Fair, in which Mozambique participated, was elected best exhibiting country....