Pedro Couto becomes hew head of Cahora Bassa company
Mozambique’s Minister of Mineral Resources and Energy, Pedro Couto, left the government on 29 September to take up the position of chairperson of the Board of Directors of Hidroelectrica de Cahora Bassa (HCB), the company that operates the Cahora Bassa dam on the Zambezi River.
28 September, 2016
ENI seeking funding for FLNG vessel
The Italian energy company ENI is seeking funding for the construction of the floating liquefied natural gas (FLNG) vessel which will supply the world’s markets with gas from Offshore Area Four in the Rovuma basin off the northern coast of Mozambique.
27 September, 2016
Coal India seeking new blocks in Mozambique
The state-controlled mining company Coal India, the largest coal producer in the world, is seeking new exploration licences in Mozambique
21 September, 2016
Steel factory to be built in Tete
The western province of Tete will soon have a steel factory, which will help drive the economic development of that part of the country, declared provincial governor Paulo Auade on 20 September.
19 September, 2016
Defence Ministry receives inspection vessel
The Mozambican Ministry of the Sea, Inland Waters and Fisheries on 19 September handed over to the Defence Ministry a monitoring and inspection vessel which had once been seized by the Mozambican authorities for illegal fishing.
13 September, 2016
Experience of partners inspiration in fight against cancer
The experience of partner countries such as Brazil and the United States is a source of inspiration and a challenge for future strategies for early diagnosis of cancer, declared Mozambique’s first lady, Isaura Nyusi, on 13 September
5 September, 2016
Campaign launched to reduce chronic malnutrition
The Mozambican government on Monday launched a nutrition campaign, intended to last for two year, and aimed at reducing the rate of chronic malnutrition among children.
3 September, 2016
1.5 million drought victims face food insecurity
The Emergency Operational Centre (CENOE), the operational arm of Mozambique’s relief agency, the National Disaster Management Institute (INGC), on 2 September guaranteed that it is monitoring the state of the 1.5 million Mozambicans facing food insecurity because of the severe drought in the s
1 September, 2016
President appoints IMF official to head Bank of Mozambique
Mozambican President Filipe Nyusi on 31 August appointed Rogerio Zandamela, a senior official at the International Monetary Fund (IMF), as governor of the Bank of Mozambique.
4 September, 2017
Over twenty thousand farmers benefit from mechanisation programme
From October 2016 to July this year, 21,045 Mozambican farmers benefitted from tractors to plough their lands, and other technological packages to improve agricultural production and productivity.
2 September, 2017
Moatize – Macuse project to begin in late 2018
The Mozambican Ministry of Transport and Communications announced in Maputo on 1 September that the construction of a new railway from the western province of Tete to Macuse, on the coast of Zambezia province, should begin in late 2018, and be concluded in the first quarter of 2021.
23 August, 2017
Five billion meticais for road maintenance
The Ministry of Public Works expects to spend five billion meticais on routine road maintenance this year.
29 September, 2016
