Mozambique

Mozambique’s mineral wealth presents an opportunity to build stronger domestic industries, but capturing more of that value requires more than extraction.

Mozambique on Tuesday signed memoranda covering proposed investments worth US$4.2 billion in mineral resource processing plants in Nacala-Porto, Nampula province, in the north of the country.

The South African Chamber of Business in Mozambique (SACBM) is pleased to announce the signing of a landmark Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the South African Portuguese Chamber of Commerce (SAPCC), establishing a framework for enhanced trade, inve…

The Government of Mozambique has been awarded the IFAD Gender Awards 2026 by the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), in recognition of the results achieved in promoting gender equality and the economic empowerment of rural women through

The Mozambican government on Tuesday reaffirmed the sovereign guarantee granted to creditors of the Mozambique LNG megaproject, aimed at ensuring the continuity of investments and strengthening financiers’ confidence.

The Mozambican government plans to invest approximately 235 million US dollars into adapting the health sector to climate change.

Mozambican President Daniel Chapo has called for continued efforts to establish the circumstances surrounding the death of the country’s first president, Samora Moisés Machel, who died in a plane crash in Mbuzini, South Africa, 40 years ago.

Integrated support services provider to present its catering, facility management and camp services for energy and heavy industry projects, with a focus on employee welfare and local supply chains ES-KO Group will exhibit at the Africa Gas & LNG Summit (A…

UK Government-funded milling station will serve 700 coastal families and seed a community fund to move households away from mangrove extraction activities Zambezia Province, Mozambique – Blue Forest, with funding from the UK government’s COAST Facility Pr…

The Mozambican government wants to strengthen the formalisation and supervision of businesses conducted through the internet, providing for mechanisms to track and monitor economic activities carried out on digital platforms.

The National Institute of Meteorology (INAM) reported this morning that a tropical depression has formed in the south-west Indian Ocean basin, but poses no threat to the Mozambique Channel or mainland Mozambique.

Mozambique advocates mobilising sustainable financing to drive development The position was presented during the launch of the African Development Bank’s (AfDB) 2026 Country Focus Report for Mozambique, under the theme “Mobilizing Mozambique’s Development…

A disruption at Google‘s cloud operations in London on Tuesday (Oct 20) affected the websites and mobile apps of several banks, financial firms and public service providers in the region, highlighting how businesses and services have become critically dep…

The Government has approved legal instruments to regulate compulsory retirement on reaching the age limit, reorganise the representation of the State in the provinces and strengthen transparency in public procurement processes for goods and services.

The Development Bank of Mozambique will receive part of the revenue from the extractive sector and up to 25% of Mozambique’s Social Security investments.

Kenmare Resources plc (“Kenmare” or the “Company” or the “Group”) 20 October 2026 Response to Mozambican media reports regarding Implementation Agreement Kenmare Resources plc (LSE:KMR, ISE:KMR), one of the leading global producers of titanium minerals and

The Mozambican president on Monday called for a more thorough investigation into the death of Samora Machel, stating that, 40 years after the Mbuzini tragedy, doubts remain regarding the circumstances of the accident and that the victims’ families “deserve

The Government on Tuesday approved, by decree, the concession of Parque dos Continuadores, in Maputo, to the Black Bulls Association (ABB).

The solo exhibition BLOOM by visual artist Fiona Wishman Oliveira is on view at the Centro Cultural Moçambicano-Alemão (CCMA) in Maputo until 14 November 2026.

The governor of the Mozambican province of Cabo Delgado said on Monday that the time had come to put an end to the “occasional contracting” of national companies to provide services to megaprojects, advocating instead a lasting model that would allow them…

Researchers built an AI tool that can predict cancer patients’ survival chances by using a single photograph of their face, complementing doctors’ gut instincts to potentially guide treatment decisions, especially when medical data is scarce.

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said on Oct 20 that Russia and Iran have “never” worked so closely, as Moscow seeks to play a mediating role in the Middle East war.

The Young Farmers Association of Portugal (Associação de Jovens Agricultores de Portugal – AJAP) today announced the creation of an agricultural incubator in Mozambique’s Tete Province to train young entrepreneurs in the sector, aiming to reduce import de…

Vocational qualification, wage improvements, and the recovery of conflict-affected enterprises are highlighted as core priorities for reinforcing labor stability in Cabo Delgado, according to the Provincial President of the Confederation of Economic Assoc…

Narciso Nhacila was sworn in today as Press Advisor to the Prime Minister.

Writers Sangare Okapi, in the Poetry category, and Eduardo Quive, in Prose, are the winners of the fourth edition of the Mia Couto Literary Award (Prémio Literário Mia Couto), the jury announced yesterday in Beira.

The Prime Minister, Maria Benvinda Levi, swore in new senior officials from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation and the Ministry of Veterans’ Affairs today in Maputo, challenging them to wage an relentless fight against corruption to enhance t…

Maputo, 8 October 2026 – MozParks welcomed a delegation representing Germany’s Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), the German Embassy, KfW Development Bank and the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ)…

Navi Pillay, a former ICC judge who oversaw a UN report that concluded that Israel committed genocide in Gaza, ‌won the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday “for her efforts to promote peace and international law”.

Consumer prices in Mozambique rose by 0.16% in September, interrupting two consecutive months of deflation, while year-on-year inflation slowed slightly to 6.31%, the National Institute of Statistics (Instituto Nacional de Estatística – INE) announced tod…

South Africa’s Department of Home Affairs said on Friday it had withdrawn a directive allowing the intake of asylum applications, a day after anti-migrant protests turned violent in Johannesburg and ‌Durban.

At least 24 vehicles have been set ablaze and foreign-owned shops looted in South Africa as anti-immigration protests descended into violence in two major cities, police say.

Prosecutors in the United States have accused Venezuela’s former leader Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, of conspiracy to commit torture.

The Mozambican Police (PRM) have arrested 21 individuals for alleged involvement in fuel smuggling in the central province of Zambézia.

One hundred and forty thousand meticais ($2,200 USD), a laptop computer, a diploma, and a trophy were the prizes awarded to the winners of the 12th edition of the Young Creative Award (Prémio Jovem Criativo), while other category awardees received 120,000…

Forty agents of the Traffic Police concluded on Thursday the first Basic English and Public Relations Course to better serve tourists visiting Inhambane Province.

The National Institute of Meteorology (Instituto Nacional de Meteorologia – INAM) forecasts intense heat across several districts and cities in Maputo and Gaza provinces, driven by the persistent influx of warm, humid air masses over southern Mozambique.

Non-Profit Organizations deny any involvement in money laundering and terrorism financing crimes.

The challenge of converting Mozambique’s vast energy potential into real industrial output, domestic production, and economic development dominated the opening panel of the Tete International Investment Conference (CIIT 2026), focused on the theme “Energy…

Mozambique has begun transforming its forest heritage into a viable source of climate finance.

The President of the Republic, Daniel Chapo, handed over the Nhamitsatsi resettlement complex in Moatize District, Tete Province, to the local community on Thursday, in an act marking the first day of his working visit to the province preceding the opening

The Governor of Maputo Province, Manuel Tule, assured that the province maintains water storage levels above 80 percent in the Pequenos Libombos and Corumana dams to sustain agricultural production for the 2026–2027 season, which faces threats from rainfa…

Private education in Mozambique will henceforth be conducted exclusively in person, and schools following foreign curricula will now be required to incorporate subjects such as Portuguese Language, Geography, History of Mozambique, and Social Sciences, ac…

Portugal has supported close to four thousand Mozambican students over the past 10 years through scholarship and training programs—including higher education, science, defense, and police sciences—according to data released Thursday by Portuguese Cooperat…

Mozambican analysts and election observers in Maputo advocated Thursday for deep reforms within the electoral system, arguing that irregularities recorded in successive electoral processes stem from structural flaws in the National Elections Commission (C…

Approximately 200 units of medicines and pharmaceutical products exclusively destined for the National Health Service (Sistema Nacional de Saúde – SNS) were seized at a private Chinese medicine center in Nampula, northern Mozambique, leading to the facili…

Mozambique records approximately 102,000 registrations of distinct commercial signs, conducted by the Institute of Industrial Property (Instituto da Propriedade Industrial – IPI) over the last 20 years within the framework of industrial property administr…

The Bank of Mozambique is preparing new measures to reinforce transparency in the foreign exchange market and stimulate financing for domestic production, at a time when the economy remains exposed to internal and external shocks and faces investment cons…

The Mozambican Association of Banks (Associação Moçambicana de Bancos – AMB) clarified this Thursday that the freezing of accounts and impoundment of balances based on suspicions of fraud or money laundering are strictly preventive measures, leaving subse…

On 23 August, Cooper Freeman had no idea clouds above his head were being filled with a silver compound in order to cause rainfall.