Mozambique invests in cabinet to attract Brazilian investment

Moçambique wants to attract more brazilian investments and bet on a government structure to speed up administrative procedures and unlock institutional barriers that hinder the installation of companies in the country, a mozambican authority told Lusa today.

In statements to Lusa, the executive secretary of the Central Office of Reforms and Strategic Projects of Mozambique, Vasco Correia Nhabinde, explained that this was one of the messages presented at the Brazil-Africa Forum 2026, in São Paulo, before leaders, entrepreneurs and international investors.

Nhabinde took part today in the plenary “International Trade, Regional Integration and Infrastructure Connectivity”, where he highlighted the role of Mozambican ports, regional integration and the need to facilitate investors’ entry into the country.

“The Central Office of Reforms and Strategic Projects is a path that the President of the Republic (Daniel Chapo) has found to create greater flexibility and interaction between the various institutions in the country, especially to unblock institutional issues that often affect investors,” he said.

According to the responsible, bureaucracy is one of the obstacles pointed out by entrepreneurs, since administrative procedures can prolong the implementation of projects and lead some investors to give up.

As an example, he explained that an entrepreneur may have to present the same project in different institutions to handle the registration, obtain land and obtain licenses.

“The cabinet will function as a support cane for these investors, speeding up life, reducing time, flexibilizing and making the institutional unlocks that are needed,” he said.

In the plenary, he also highlighted the investments in the ports of Maputo, Beira and Nacala, considered fundamental to reduce the costs of transport and distribution of goods within Mozambique.

The infrastructure is also of regional importance, according to the list, for serving countries such as South Africa, Zimbabwe, Malawi and Zambia, as well as the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Nhabinde also defended the preparation of Mozambican and African entrepreneurs to develop banking projects, capable of obtaining funding from banks and through mixed financing mechanisms.

"Many entrepreneurs in Africa or Mozambique do not know how to prepare bankable projects. Consequently, when they submit projects for funding application, these projects are not financed because the projects were not properly prepared,” he said.

At the same Brazilian-Mozambique Round Table, the Director-General of the Agency for the Promotion of Investments and Exports (APIEX), Luís Machava, presented data on Brazilian investments in the country.

Between 2015 and 2025, 24 Brazilian projects were approved in Mozambique, valued at around 50 million dollars, of which approximately 29 million corresponded to direct investment.

The projects could create 806 jobs, as described.

Machava also pointed out the trade imbalance between the two countries: between 2021 and 2025, Mozambique exported US$17.86 million in goods to Brazil and imported US$184.69 million.

The head of APIEX called for the identification of concrete projects and argued that bilateral cooperation should generate investments, productive partnerships and a more balanced trade, contributing to the industrialization of both countries.

"I call on entrepreneurs to be bold and visionary, with a view to creating an integrated economic force that not only speeds up the innovation and industrialization of the two countries, but that decisively contributes to repositioning Brazil and Mozambique on the map of global competitiveness, given their similarities," he said.