logo

Mozambique
28 May 2018

Mozambique’s fishing conundrum
A private equity company, Frontier Services Group (FSG), founded and chaired by Erik Prince is to take a 50% stake in the venture. It seems likely that a high proportion of the fish caught will be exported to China, as Chinese state investment vehicle CITIC is now the biggest investor in FSG, with a 28.4% stake.
11 May 2018

Port revolution for Mozambique
Mozambique is in the midst of the most sustained period of port investment of any African country since independence. A total of $800 million was invested in the Port of Maputo between 2012 and 2016, with another $1.2 billion planned before 2033.
12 April 2018

Profile: Su Jian
Ambassador Su was born in October 1957 and started his career in 1983 as an attaché in China's embassy in Lisbon.
12 April 2018

Big investment but uncertain strategy for Moatize coal
Mozambique’s slow burning coal revolution has triggered a wave of rail and port projects across the northern half of the country. The presence of coal reserves in Tete Province had long been known but the lack of transport capacity prevented mining in the area until relatively recently.
21 March 2018

LNG in Mozambique
With proven reserves of 100 trillion cubic feet, Mozambique ranks 12th among the countries with the largest natural gas proven reserves.
21 March 2018

Can Angolan agriculture learn from the Mozambican experience?
Angola has discussed reinvigorating its agriculture sector ever since 2002. Yet the reliance on oil income meant that far too little progress was actually made.
11 March 2018

Maputo struggles to regain confidence
Mozambique was regarded as an African economic success story until relatively recently. Although still one of the poorest countries in the world, annual growth has averaged 7% over the past decade.
11 March 2018

China’s financing of public works in Mozambique exceeds US$2.28 billion
The Maputo/Catembe bridge, due to open in the next few months in the Mozambican capital, is the project with the biggest funding granted by China.
01 March 2018

Profile: José Condungua Pacheco
José Condungua Pacheco, born 1958, was appointed minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation for Mozambique in 2017.
‹ Previous3536373839