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CONSTRUCTION OF BUS TERMINAL TO KICK-OFF IN CABO DELGADO, MOZAMBIQUE

Posted on February 22, 2023February 22, 2023 by Gambeta News

Valige Tauabo, Governor of the Province of Cabo Delgado, laid the first stone of a passenger bus terminal and a centre for the elderly in the district of Chiure. The construction of the bus terminal will proceed in two phases, the first of which will consist of the construction of the perimeter wall, porch, toilets and interior division for the movement of people, cargo vehicles, waiting places, boarding and disembarkation of passengers. Governor Tauabo said…

EXPERTS SAYS LACK OF LAND PLANNING CAUSED FLOOD IN MOZAMBIQUE

Posted on February 20, 2023 by Gambeta News

Experts on natural disasters and land planning say that “negligence” and “lack of land planning” aggravated the impact of floods in the Maputo region, but the high “intensity” of the rain increased the effect of the calamity. “We have not been preparing society and our institutions to deal with this type of extreme situation in the southern region,” said Luís Artur, engineer and disaster risk management specialist. The specialist pointed out that the authorities and…

HOW MOZAMBIQUE FHH NEEDS US$15M FOR HOUSING PROJECT DEVELOPMENT

Posted on January 2, 2023 by Gambeta News

The Mozambican government’s Housing Promotion Fund (FFH), needs, in the next 18 months, one billion meticais (about 15.6 million US dollars, at the current exchange rate) for housing projects throughout the country. “In the second half of next year, the institution will start the construction of 160 apartments”, said the Chairperson of the FFH Board of Directors, Armindo Munguambe, quoted in Thursday’s issue of the Maputo daily “Notícias.” The apartments to be built, according to…

PORT OF MAPUTO BEGINS MAINTENANCE IN MOZAMBIQUE

Posted on December 1, 2022 by Gambeta News

The hopper dredger ‘Ilembe’, owned by the South African Transnet National Ports Authority (TNPA), has just arrived in the Mozambican capital to resume dredging in the Port of Maputo access channel, from which it is expected to remove 550,000 cubic meters of sediment. Ilembe is in Maputo to carry out maintenance dredging of the access channel to the ports of Maputo and Matola. The job, which will cover the areas of Polana, Xefina, and the…

HOW GLOBAL ENERGY CRISIS COULD OPEN DOOR FOR MOZAMBIQUE

Posted on November 4, 2022November 4, 2022 by Gambeta News

The current world energy crisis is an opportunity for Mozambique and the African continent to increase exports of natural resources, the National Petroleum Institute (INP) advanced today in a conference on Energy Transition in Maputo. Mozambique has considerable potential in energy resources and, according to the INP, can become one of the main generators of clean energy in the wake of the worldwide energy crisis that we are currently witnessing. The entity charged with the…

BRIDGE OVER NATETE RIVER REOPENS IN MOZAMBIQUE

Posted on October 26, 2022 by Gambeta News

The land connection between the provinces of Nampula and Niassa was restored as motorists were again able to transport goods and people safely over the Natete river, thanks to the intervention of various sectors in the region. This takes place only four days after Minister of Public Works Carlos Mesquita pledged that the Natete bridge would reopen soon. Minister Mesquita said the non-observance of the weight limits by transporters constituted the biggest challenge for the…

PREQUALIFICATION CONCLUDED ON MPHANDA NKUWA HYDROELECTRIC PROJECT IN MOZAMBIQUE

Posted on October 3, 2022 by Gambeta News

Mozambique concluded the prequalification of seven potential investors for the development of the Mphanda Nkuwa Hydroelectric Project (MNK), a 4.5-billion-U.S. dollar project on the Zambezi River in the western province of Tete. The announcement was made at the end of an investors’ conference in Maputo, the capital city, where the director-general of the project’s implementation office Carlos Yum said that in the next two days the pre-qualified bidders, including two individual companies and five large…

MOZAMBIQUE TO INTRODUCE EXPRESS TRAIN TO FACILITATE THE MOBILITY OF PEOPLE AND GOODS

Posted on September 6, 2022 by Gambeta News

The Chairperson of the Board of Directors of Mozambique’s publicly-owned ports and rail company (CFM), Miguel Matabele, has announced the introduction of an express train to South Africa and Eswatini, to facilitate the mobility of people and goods. Matabele made this announcement on Saturday, when the Mozambican Prime Minister, Adriano Maleiane, was visiting the CFM stand at the Maputo International Trade Fair (FACIM). Maleiane welcomed the initiative since the project will contribute to solving the…

MOZAMBIQUE PARLIAMENT SAYS MEGA PROJECT TO BENEFIT COMMUNITY

Posted on August 31, 2022 by Gambeta News

The chairperson of the Planning and Budget Commission (CPO) of the Mozambican Parliament, the Assembly of the Republic, António Niquice, argued that the revenue from mega-projects must serve to fight regional inequalities and promote peace and national unity. He was speaking at the opening of a meeting of the High-Level Working Group of Parliamentary Budget Committees of the Portuguese-speaking African Countries and East Timor (PALOP-TL), a three-day event that began on Monday in Maputo. “Our…

UK’s MacDONALD TO SUPPORT ROAD INFRASTRUCTURE IN MOZAMBIQUE

Posted on May 6, 2022 by Gambeta News

The British company Mott MacDonald has announced that it will be supporting the Mozambican government’s efforts to improve the country’s road network and other infrastructure. The funding for this assistance will come from the United States foreign aid agency, the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC), which will provide US$4.3 million over five years as part of its “Transportation and Vertical Structures Practice in Africa” project. According to Mott MacDonald, economic growth in Mozambique has been restricted…

MOZAMBIQUE’s EDM AWARD CONSTRUCTION OF INTERCONNECTION POWERLINE

Posted on April 13, 2022 by Gambeta News

Mozambique’s publicly-owned electricity company, Electricidade de Moçambique (EDM), has awarded the construction of the interconnection power line with neighboring Malawi to “Lasern & Toubro” (L&T), India’s infrastructure development company, which will execute the part of the work that falls within Mozambican territory. The work, which will start from the Matambo electricity substation in the central province of Tete, will consist of the construction of a 142 kilometer 400 Kilovolt transmission line, up to Zobue on…

NEW BRIDGE CONSTRUCTION PUT ON HOLD AGAIN IN MOZAMBIQUE

Posted on April 5, 2022 by Gambeta News

Construction work on the new bridge over the Save River, separating Mozambique’s south and central regions, has again been suspended, since December 2021, as a result of the government’s financial difficulties in funding the project. The Mozambican Minister of Public Works, Carlos Mesquita, said that the government is entirely aware of the situation, but it is now too cash-strapped to fund the project. However, without disclosing the date, he guaranteed that the work will resume….

MOZAMBIQUE INSURGENCY THREATENS MULTI-BILLION DOLLAR LNG PROJECT

Posted on April 5, 2021April 5, 2021 by Gambeta News

Mozambique is in the throes of an insurgency by Islamic State-linked militants who attacked the northern Mozambique town of Palma. Pictures of the attack show scenes of absolute carnage and a hectic rescue mission to save survivors who were being hunted down by insurgents [WATCH]. The attack happened close to the multi-billion dollar Mozambique LNG project under development by TOTAL. The Mozambique LNG Project started with the discovery of a vast quantity of natural gas off…

MOZAMBIQUE GOVT. TO BUILD 49 HOSPITALS TO HELP THE HEALTHCARE SECTOR

Posted on December 7, 2020 by Gambeta News

Government of Mozambique is looking at the possibility of expanding the health network throughout the country, through investing in building new district hospitals. The aim is to bring better care to the most vulnerable population groups in the country. Speaking at the opening in Maputo of a meeting of his Ministry’s Coordinating Council, Health Minister Armindo Tiago said that during the current government’s term of office (2020 to 2024), the number of district hospitals will…

GORONGOSA NATIONAL PARK PLEAD FUND TO BUILD SCHOOL IN MOZAMBIQUE

Posted on November 9, 2020 by Gambeta News

Gorongosa National Park (PNG) has plead the sum of US$15million for the construction and furnishing of 40 new primary schools. The agreement was signed between the Ministry of Education and the PNG for a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), under which the PNG will support the Ministry through ensuring access to education by the six communities in the park’s buffer zone. Speaking during the ceremony, Education Minister Carmelita Namashulua said the main objective of the MoU…

MOZAMBIQUE GAS INDUSTRY GETS SUPPORT FROM SA GOVT.

Posted on September 30, 2020 by Gambeta News

South Africa government is making plans to help Mozambique gas industry as one of the means to bolster bilateral relations between the two countries for the betterment and prosperous Africa. Trade, Industry and Competition Deputy Minister Nomalungelo Gina made the statement during a virtual trade and investment seminar under the ‘Developing Afrocentric Solutions and Forging Partnership in Response to COVID-19’ theme. Quoting Gina, “South Africa is one of Mozambique’s great and major trading partner and…

CRISIS IN MOZAMBIQUE LNG PORT TOWN

Posted on August 14, 2020 by Gambeta News

Like the saying, “no good thing comes easy”! Here is another classical situation in the LNG booming nation of Mozambique. Reports from Bloomberg suggests that the nation is battling islamic state-link fighters that are attempting to seize a Mozambique LNG port town. More so, this town is a key logistics link for a $23 billion natural-gas project that Total SE is building, according to Risk Advisory Group. Andrew Harding, a BBC Africa correspondent says the loss…

CONTRACT AWARD FOR 4.6KM-LONG WHARF FOR MOZAMBIQUE LNG TERMINAL

Posted on July 24, 2020July 24, 2020 by Gambeta News

Total’s US $20bn liquified natural gas (LNG) project in Mozambique is set to build a 4.6km-long wharf. A joint venture between Belgian contractor Besix and Portugal’s Mota-Engil will be responsible for the engineering, procurement and construction. The joint venture will also build berths and mooring facilities that will accommodate LNG ships. These plans will ensure Mozambique’s dominance in the Eastern Africa region. According to Fabian Boucher, director of Besix’s Engineering department, “These marine facilities are high-end infrastructures…

MOZAMBIQUE OFFERS $2.5 BLN FUNDING GUARANTEE TO LNG PROJECT

Posted on June 23, 2020June 23, 2020 by Gambeta News

Partners in Mozambique LNG, the $20 billion gas project led by Total, have received a $2.25 billion guarantee from the government that it will pay the state oil company’s equity share if required, Portugal’s Lusa news agency said. Carlos Zacarias, president of Mozambique’s regulator, the National Petroleum Institute (INP), said state financing had been secured, the news agency reported late last week. Partners agreed to accept a $2.25 billion government guarantee in lieu of an…

CAUSEWAY CONSTRUCTION HELP RE-ESTABLISH ROAD CONNECTION IN MOZAMBIQUE

Posted on February 25, 2020 by Gambeta News

Causeway construction bring road connection between the southern and northern districts of Cabo Delgado province in Mozambique. The construction of a causeway across the Montepuez river in Quissanga district has help resident with bad road connection. This has re-establish the road connection between the southern and northern districts of Cabo Delgado province which was disconnected due to the bridge collapsed on 27 December 2019. After Montepuez fell, the government improvised by creating an alternative way…

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