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China to finance Maputo ring road

A ring road around Maputo is to be financed with a €300 million loan from the Export-Import Bank of China (Exim Bank), after an agreement was ratified by Mozambique's council of ministers on 28 F...
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New bus terminal in Maputo

A new bus terminal was opened in Maputo, on 29 February.The terminal, which can hold 35 buses and is used by Mozambican inter-provincial transport operator Etrago, cost $800,000. It is located near He...
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China to finance Maputo ring road

A ring road around Maputo is to be financed with a
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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
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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 t...
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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...
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Maputo considers over-ground light railway

The Mozambique government is considering establishing the country
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Italy and World Bank fund new dam in Mozambique

A hydroelectric power plant, funded by the Italian government, is to be built on the Pungu
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Power line to link Maputo with Tete

A plan for a 3,000MW transmission line linking Maputo to Tete in northern Mozambique is to be launched in August. After contracts are awarded, Mozambique's energy minister Salvador Namburete is expect...
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Rehabilitation of Mozambique dam

The US foreign aid agency the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) has signed a contract in Maputo with the South African contractor WBHO Construction for the rehabilitation of the Nacala dam, in th...
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Major investment confirmed for Maputo port

Mozambique Ports Development Company (MPDC) has announced a $1 billion investment scheme over the next 20 years to improve infrastructure and facilities at Maputo port to meet international demands. P...
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Maputo port to take larger vessels after dredging

Dredging is now underway in Maputo harbour to allow the port to handle larger ships. The dredge involves the removal of about 2 million cubic metres of material, including rock in the access channel....
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First phase of Mozambique's Mphanda Nkuwa dam Approved

The Mozambique government has approved the first construction phase of the Mphanda Nkuwa hydroelectric dam in the western Tete province, and is now in the process of finalising the contract. The g...
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Mozambique and Botswana to develop deepwater port

The governments of Mozambique and Botswana have signed a memorandum of understanding to develop a deepwater port at Techobanine Point in the district of Matutuine in southern Mozambique. The plans...
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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 de...
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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. Co...
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Matola Kings Village near Maputo.

The industrial town of Matola near Maputo is getting a new residential and commercial complex called
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Official opening of new Zambezi bridge.

The new bridge spanning the mighty Zambezi river and linking the central coastal Sofala and Zambezia provinces is due to be officially opened on 10 July according to the June newsletter of the develop...
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Maputo city centre roads get overhaul.

Work to overhaul the road network in the cidade cimento (city centre) will end in December, the person in charge of city infrastructure has said. The works, which began almost a year ago, have involve...
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