May 22

• UN Chief Promotes Education, Gender Empowerment

  UN News

  Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today commended the Government and people of Mozambique for steady progress in political development, but urged greater efforts to overcome human... Read more »

May 20

• Rio Tinto Lays Off Workers in Mozambique

  AIM

  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 »

• President Guebuza Visits Shanghai

  AIM

  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 »

• Vodacom Launches M-Pesa in Mozambique

  AIM

  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 »

• Govt to Launch Papilloma Virus Vaccine Next Year

  AIM

  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 »

• Pilot Food Programme to Benefit 88,000 Students

  AIM

  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 »

• Mobile Health Clinics for Zambezia

  AIM

  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 »

• Bank of Mozambique Holds Interest Rates

  AIM

  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 »

• South African Company Aveng Expanding in Mozambique

  AIM

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

• President Tours China in Search of Funds for Development

  AIM

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

May 18

• Govt Rejects All Demands By Renamo

  The Herald

  The rejection came in a statement dated May 15, made public yesterday and signed by Cabinet Secretary Carlos Taju, and addressed to Augusto Mateus, head of the office of Renamo. Read more »

May 17

• Vietnam - Mozambique Business Forum

  AIM

  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 »

• Business Conference in Mauritius

  AIM

  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 »

May 16

• Push for LGBTI Rights in Moz Constitution [analysis]

  OSISA

  It has been a bad few weeks for the rights of gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) people in southern Africans with hate speech and arrests in Zambia and a... Read more »

May 15

• Chinese President Meets Mozambican President

  Focac

  Chinese President Xi Jinping on Monday met with his Mozambican counterpart Armando Guebuza, hailing the African country as an all-weather friend. Read more »

• General Assembly of the CTA Hold Session

  Confederation of Business Associations

  The XVth session of the General Assembly of the CTA was held on May 4, in the presence of the members of the CTA: representatives of federations, associations and chambers of... Read more »

May 14

• Local Accountabilities in Fragile Contexts - Experiences From Nepal, Bangladesh and Mozambique [guest blog]

  IDS

  Newly published research by IDS and Helvetas on local accountabilities in fragile contexts reveals there is still much to learn about accountability in its many forms. Read more »

• Minister of Family to Attend Gender Meeting in Maputo

  ANGOP

  The minister of Family and Promotion of Women, Filomena Delgado, will participate from 14 to 20 May in Maputo, Mozambique, in the Third Meeting of Ministers Responsible for Gender... Read more »

May 10

• Flexenclosure Deploys Turn-Key Data Centre for Vodacom in Mozambique

  CIO

  Flexenclosure, a specialist developer of intelligent power management systems and pre-fabricated data centres for the ICT industry, has deployed an eCentre - an energy efficient... Read more »

• Nedbank Expands Into Mozambique

  SA Info

  South African financial services provider Nedbank is entering the Mozambique banking market through its acquisition of an initial 36% stake in Banco Unico worth US$24.4-million. Read more »

May 8

• New Mozambican Customs Clearance Chaotic

  The Herald

  The introduction of a new electronic customs clearance system (Single Entry Transit Window) by the Mozambican government is seriously affecting imports and exports into Zimbabwe... Read more »

May 6

• World Bank Loans for Agriculture

  AIM

  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 »

• Support for Small Scale Fishing

  AIM

  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 »

• Rhino's Wiped Out of Limpopo National Park

  AIM

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

• Bank of Brazil to Finance Maputo Water Supply Project

  AIM

  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 »