Reconstruction of railway between Beira and Machipanda

Reconstruction work has begun on the railway line connecting the port city of Beira with Machipanda on the Mozambique/Zimbabwe border, according to Carlos Isidoro, the director for transport and communication of Mozambique’s western Sofala province. Isidoro said that the work would...

Storms hits Mozambique

A second tropical storm to hit southern Mozambique in less than two weeks has destroyed thousands of homes in the south of the country and affected some 250,000 families. The state radio says that the north of the country...

Business booming at Maputo port

Coal exports from Maputo port have increased from 1.5 million tons to over four million tons since 2003, according to the port’s commercial manager Ricardo Roberts. The number of ships docking at the port has almost doubled to 1,030 a...

Major power project in Mozambique

A major construction project that will connect Maputo to a hydro-electric dam 3,000 km further north has been announced. The power lines will transport over 3,000 MW from the Cahora Bassa dam, in the northern Tete province, to the capital in...

Anti-piracy agreement between South Africa and Mozambique

An anti-piracy agreement has been reached between South Africa and Mozambique, to be extended eventually to include Tanzania. The agreement was signed at the third South African-Mozambican Joint Permanent Commission on Defence and Security Session in Pretoria on 8 November. With...

China to finance Maputo-Catembe bridge

China has agreed to finance a bridge over the Bay of Maputo, which will link the centre of the Mozambican capital to the district of Catembe on the southern side of the bay. Until now the project had been funded...

Mkesh mobile banking launches in Mozambique

Mozambican financial institution Carteira Móvel has launched the country’s first phone-banking service known as mKesh. It allows customers to send, deposit and receive money via their mobile phones and is expected to increase financial activity in the country, where there...