May 20

• Mozambique: Govt to Launch Papilloma Virus Vaccine Next Year

  Health authorities in Mozambique will in 2014 begin to administer a vaccine against the human papilloma virus (HPV) that is responsible for the majority of cases of cervical... Read more »

• Mozambique: Pilot Food Programme to Benefit 88,000 Students

  The Mozambican government on 14 May approved the National School Feeding Programme (PRONAE) which during its pilot phase will benefit 88,400 pre-primary and primary school... Read more »

• Mozambique: Mobile Health Clinics for Zambezia

  A new initiative will be launched in June in the central Mozambican province of Zambezia to increase access to anti- retroviral treatments for those infected with the HIV virus... Read more »

• Mozambique: Rio Tinto Lays Off Workers in Mozambique

  The Anglo-Australian mining company Rio Tinto, which operates a gigantic open cast coal mine at Benga, in the western Mozambican province of Tete, announced on 9 May that it is... Read more »

• Mozambique: Bank of Mozambique Holds Interest Rates

  The Bank of Mozambique on 9 May decided to keep its key interest rate at 9.5 per cent for the sixth month in a row. Read more »

• Mozambique: South African Company Aveng Expanding in Mozambique

  The South African Aveng Group has opened an office in Maputo as part of its expansion in Mozambique. Read more »

• Mozambique: President Tours China in Search of Funds for Development

  Mozambican President Armando Guebuza on 14 May continued with the second day of his tour of China. Read more »

• Mozambique: President Guebuza Visits Shanghai

  Mozambican President Armando Guebuza on 15 May arrived in Shanghai where he met with the city’s mayor and business figures. This is the last stop in the President’s... Read more »

• Mozambique: Vodacom Launches M-Pesa in Mozambique

  The Mozambican mobile phone operator Vodacom on 16 May in Maputo launched its M-Pesa cash transfer service. Speaking at the launch ceremony, Ernesto Gove, the governor of the Bank... Read more »

May 17

• Mauritius: Business Conference in Mauritius

  The CTA informs that a business conference bringing together the Ministers of Industry and Commerce, entrepreneurs and prominent members of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry,... Read more »

• Mozambique: Vietnam - Mozambique Business Forum

  The Embassy of the Republic of Mozambique and the Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry organized a Vietnam-Mozambique Business Forum, which will be held in the cities of Hanoi... Read more »

May 6

• Mozambique: Support for Small Scale Fishing

  Mozambique is committed to the development of small scale fishing and aquaculture because it considers this to be a strategic vector for developing food security and contributing... Read more »

• Mozambique: Rhino's Wiped Out of Limpopo National Park

  Authorities in the Limpopo National Park (PNL) have announced that no rhinoceros are left in the park in southern Mozambique. Read more »

• Mozambique: Bank of Brazil to Finance Maputo Water Supply Project

  The Bank of Brazil is to enter into an agreement with the government of Mozambique to finance the construction of the Moamba Major dam that will provide drinking water for the... Read more »

• Mozambique: World Bank Loans for Agriculture

  The Executive Board of the World Bank on 25 April approved two credits for a total of $150 million to improve Mozambique's agricultural performance. Read more »

• Mozambique: DP World Reports Global Profits of U.S.$749 Million

  The annual general meeting in Dubai of DP World, the company that holds the concession to operate the container terminal at Maputo Port in Mozambique, has heard that in 2012 the... Read more »

• Mozambique: Ombudsman Reports to Assembly

  Mozambique's Ombudsman, Jose Abudo, has told the country's parliament, the Assembly of the Republic, that he is satisfied with the work of his Office during its first year in... Read more »

• Mozambique: Talks Held Between Government and Renamo

  Delegations from the Mozambican government and from the main opposition party, Renamo, resumed their dialogue in Maputo on 2 May in what was described as a "cordial" atmosphere. Read more »

April 30

• Mozambique: Rhinos Wiped Out of Limpopo National Park

  Authorities in the Limpopo National Park (PNL) have announced that no rhinoceros are left in the park in southern Mozambique. Read more »

• Mozambique: New Zealand Offers to Share Experience in Agriculture

  New Zealand has expressed its willingness to support the development of agriculture in Mozambique. Read more »

• Mozambique: Sugar Exports Reach Record Levels

  The Mozambican sugar industry in 2012 exported 243,583 tonnes of brown sugar worth 126 million US dollars. This represents a 23 per cent increase on the 198,181 tonnes exported in... Read more »

• Mozambique: Concession Awarded for Construction of Matutuine Port

  Mozambican Prime Minister Alberto Vaquina on 18 April announced that the government has already awarded the concession for the construction of a deep water port at Techobanine, in... Read more »

• Mozambique: President Warns Against Divisions Over Gas

  Mozambican President Armando Guebuza appealed on 18 April for Mozambicans to understand the scale of the natural gas discoveries in the northern province of Cabo Delgado and to... Read more »

• Mozambique: Peasants Complain of Difficulties in Selling Cash Crops

  Armando Guebuza about difficulties in marketing their cash crops, namely cotton and jatropha. Read more »

• Mozambique: Mozambique Supports Development of Small Scale Fishing

  Mozambique is committed to the development of small scale fishing and aquaculture because it considers this to be a strategic vector for developing food security and contributing... Read more »