Maputo International Fair 2010

The 46th edition of the Maputo International Trade Fair (Facim) is to take place from 30 August to 5 September. Prospective exhibitors have until the end of June to request a space at the exhibition venue in central Maputo. Facim brings...

Brazil launches international TV station in Maputo

Brazil has launched a Portuguese-language television channel for Africa that operates out of the Brazilian capital Brasilia via Maputo in Mozambique. TV Brasil Internacional is aimed primarily at audiences in the Lusophone countries of Mozambique, Angola, Guinea-Bissau, Cape Verde and Sao...

Single UNIVISA for southern Africa?

Officials met in Maputo in mid-April to discuss the introduction of a single tourist visa for the Southern African Development Community (SADC) ahead of the FIFA World Cup tournament in South Africa in June and July. The single visa, known as...

Biometric passports for Mozambique

The Mozambican immigration authorities have now started issuing biometric passports, which contain a microchip containing personal data to identify the holder. This follows a short delay of about two weeks because of difficulties with the first biometric passports issued in...

New Mozambique-South Africa one-stop border post

The one-stop border post (OSBP) at Lebombo-Ressano Garcia on the Mozambique-South Africa boundary is to be ready for the start of the FIFA World Cup in South Africa in June, the general director of Mozambican customs, Domingos Tivane, has said....

National child health week in Mozambique

National child health week begins in Mozambique on 12 April with a new emphasis on maternal health as well as the health of children. During the five-day campaign health workers are targeting three million children under the age of five...

Maputo port development

The port of Maputo is expected to process almost nine million tonnes of cargo in 2010, over 26 million tonnes a year by 2015 and almost 50 million tonnes a year by 2030 according to a report on the development...

Mozambique battles cholera and floods

Over 40 people are now known to have died from an outbreak of cholera in Mozambique’s central and northern regions amid growing concerns that heavy rainfall and flooding in affected areas could help to spread the disease. The first instances of...

Maputo water system to be improved

The government has announced five major projects to improve the water supply system in the Greater Maputo area. The works will affect the capital and the neighbouring towns of Matola and Boane. Contracts have already been awarded and the work...

Science and technology park for Mozambique

Work is underway to build a science and technology park in Maluana in Manhica district, about 80 km north of Maputo. The facility is the first of four such parks planned for Mozambique under the government’s Science, Technology and Innovation...