Author: Vicente Sitoe I recently remembered a question that one of my classmates asked the professor of the Psychology of Deviant Behavior course: whether it was possible to make a psychological diagnosis remotely, without contact with the patient. Virtual diagnosis, which is what it's technically called, is a common practice. Although it's not...
Opinion Author: Paulo Matavela (Independent Financial Consultant) Monetary policy plays a fundamental role in macroeconomic stability. Through Decree-Law No. 01/92 of January 3, the Bank of Mozambique describes the main objective of monetary policy as: preserving the value of the national currency and price stability. Monetary policy faces significant challenges in...
Opinion Author: Paulo Matavela (Independent Financial Consultant) Introduction Standard Poors (S&P) is an international credit rating agency, which generally assesses the ability of a country, company or financial institution to meet its debt repayment obligations. In its most recent publication, dated October 18, 2024, S&P...
Opinion Author: Jéssica Dos Santos, writer Today they are called thieves, looters, vandals... But who created them? Now they cry out for order and serenity, and their actions are seen as unjust in the eyes of those who condemn them. After all, justice only seems fair when it serves the interests of those who impose it. But when it turns against...
Author: Jorge Zamba, journalist and professor. The possibilities for analyzing what is to come in Mozambique are exhausted. The current post-election conflict is testing the hegemony of the historic Frelimo party. There have already been more than 11 deaths as a result of clashes between the police and demonstrators. Mozambique is making headlines...
Eitah! Here we have what seems to me to be the strategy of a "good bandit", carried out by Adriano Nuvunga. He deserves to be called "El Chapo". In my nebulous vision, and with so little scope, this Monday (05) Nuvunga gave a masterstroke to the politics of dubious findings. He launched the Report on...
Opinion Author: Samir Zacarias - Researcher Introduction Nowadays, hearing about anti-money laundering (AML) issues in the news is no longer a novelty in Mozambique. On an almost daily basis, we hear speeches from the various organs of state, we learn about judicial operations and structural changes (creation or reformulation)...
Anxiety when we go into business is often linked to the expectations we create for ourselves. Entrepreneurs are enthusiastic and, in the initial phase - as a beginner - they usually have a lot of emotions and self-created expectations. They think they're going to change or save the world; they think that the week after they start they'll...
Opinion Author: Paulo Matavela (Independent Financial Consultant) Introduction The Organic Law of the Bank of Mozambique defines the primary objective of monetary policy as preserving the value of the national currency, which infers low and stable inflation. Internationally, since 2023, central banks have adopted a restrictive monetary policy with a view to containing...
I read about it on social media and saw it on TV. In the middle of the morning of Friday (12), when it was around 10 o'clock, citizen Florindo Nyusi, son of the President of the Republic, Filipe Nyusi, caused a cinematic accident on Avenida Julius Nyerere, in the city of Maputo. Witnesses said that he was driving drunk,...