Vodacom Group announced this Monday that it added 6.2 million new customers during the six months ended September 30. This figure applies to all the group's operations in Africa, including Safaricom, on a 100% basis. And in South Africa alone it added 1.1 million customers. The growth in customers...
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Eurozone GDP grows 3.71 QoQ and EU 3.91 QoQ in the third quarter
The economies of the eurozone and the European Union (EU) grew by 3.71 qt and 3.91 qt in the third quarter, respectively, compared to the same period in 2020, notes the Lusa agency citing Eurostat. Compared to the second quarter of the year, between July and September the gross domestic product (GDP) of the euro zone grew by 2.21Q2Q and the...
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Mozambican Sérgio Raimundo launches "A Ilha dos Mulatos" in Portugal
The Mozambican journalist and writer, Sérgio Raimundo, will launch his first prose book "A Ilha dos Mulatos", at the ArtRoom gallery in Lisbon, Portugal, on Tuesday afternoon. It is a novel set on the Island of Mozambique, in the northernmost province of Nampula, - and, according to the...
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New Nissan Navara is launched in Mozambique
The 17th of this month will see the pre-launch of the new Nissan Navara 2021 model, from 9:00 to 11:00 a.m., at the Radisson Blue hotel. The official launch is scheduled for the following day (18th), at 3:00 p.m., and will be done virtually, through the link https://navaralaunch.nissan.co.mz. ...
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FIPAG aims to reduce the level of water losses in Maputo by 20%
The Water Supply Investment and Property Fund (FIPAG) is investing, through the Accelerated and Integrated Loss Reduction Program (PAIRP), about US$ 240 million in order to reduce water losses in the Maputo Metropolitan Region. Currently, water losses in this point, which includes the capital city...
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China to approve first covid-19 drug in December
China has assured that it will approve next month the first drug against covid-19 developed by a Chinese pharmaceutical company. The drug is based on the use of monoclonal antibodies, capable of neutralizing the virus. According to Chinese state media, the treatment is the result of joint research between Tsinghua University, the People's Hospital...
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Government wants to grow at 2.9% in 2022
Adriano Maleiane, Minister of Economy and Finance, said at parliament headquarters that the executive will work for an economic growth of 2.9% in 2022, after a drop to 1.3% this year due to the impact of the new coronavirus. "We have to ensure 2.9% of growth, having all sectors of the economy growing" emphasized the...
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UN Women trains more than 900 women under the Peace and Development Project
A total of 960 women from Sofala province were this Monday graduated in different vocational areas under the Peace and Development Project. This action promoted by UN Women is based on the training of women living in armed conflict zones in different areas of economic activity. According to the Program Officer of...
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Illegally exported wood to China has already been recovered
The Mozambican authorities have announced they have recovered the remaining seven wooden containers, out of a total of 76, which had been illegally exported to China. According to the delegate of the Mozambique Environmental Quality Control Agency (AQUA), the seven containers recovered are the last of a batch illegally exported in December 2020 by the...
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Mozambique introduces vaccine against cervical cancer
The country will introduce vaccine against cervical cancer for girls with nine years old. This is an action developed by the Ministry of Health (MISAU), in collaboration with the Office of the First Lady and partners, which aims to introduce in the national vaccination calendar, starting on November 24, the vaccine against...