Spotlight | Mozambique
Filipe Nyusi's team standing in Armando Guebuza's shadow

The New Guard
Nigeria, Mozambique and Rwanda

Every Wednesday, Africa Intelligence spotlights a new generation of movers and shakers in business and politics.

NigeriaBimbola Kolawole, a rising energy expert

MozambiqueErnesto Max Elias Tonela, Nyusi's rep in Paris

RwandaTesi Rusagara, the builder of Kigali Innovation City

Mozambique
General Joao Americo Mpfumo adds another brick to mining empire

The former Mozambican air force commander has created a new entity on top of his already large portfolio of gold, ruby and coal permits.

Mozambique
Ex-police chief Antonio Mongo strengthens grip on tantalum

Antonio Mongo's family-owned Mhongo's Mining Corporation is increasing its investments in tantalum, a highly coveted metal on the Asian market.

Mozambique
Power-Blox teams up with businessman Egideo Leite to set up shop in Maputo

Swiss start-up Power-Blox, which sells off-grid intelligent energy storage units aimed at developing countries, set up a subsidiary in Mozambique on 21 May called Power-Blox Africa.

Mozambique
Media queen Denise Cortês-Keyser takes a shot at oil and gas services

Businesswoman and consultant Denise Cortês-Keyser has bought a 10% participating [...]

Mozambique
Celestino Gule, Russia's political and mining advocate

The young lawyer Celestino Gule has installed his younger brother Luciano Gule, who is currently doing a doctorate at Osaka [...]

Mozambique
Eduardo Abdula of FRELIMO expands his hotel business

Though it is not on the coast, Eduardo Abdula, the [...]

Mozambique
Ernesto Max Tonela, new LNG boss

With the country's economy in a deplorable state, Mozambican president Filipe Nyusi has chosen a close ally and veteran at [...]

Mozambique
The business acumen of the new Frelimo bigwigs

Several of the eight new members of the political committee of the ruling Frelimo party, who were appointed during the [...]

Mozambique
Monteiro seen as potential stand-in for president

A sharp drop in the popularity of Mozambique's president, Filipe Nyusi, is causing headaches for the luminaries of the Frelimo [...]

Mozambique
Pachinuapa's son likes working with same partners

Valerito Raimundo Pachinuapa, son of Raimundo Pachinuapa, a retired general [...]

Mozambique
Jiva Remtula puts a lock on Nacala port before turning to mines

Businessman Jiva Rahim Remtula is intent on venturing into mining with a partner who’s highly connected with Mozambique’s elite that holds a tight grip on ports and railways.

Spotlight | Mozambique
How the railroad barons jumped on the presidential express

President Filipe Nyusi remains very loyal to the network he built when he was an executive at the state ports and railway operator Portos e Caminhos de Ferro de Mocambique (CFM), before he joined Armando Guebuza’s government in 2008.

Spotlight | Mozambique
Smouldering fire between Frelimo and Renamo

Since the beginning of the year, all the ingredients have been in place for a low intensity armed conflict between the government forces and Renamo (opposition) led by Afonso Dhlakama. Last year, the lawyer Gilles Cistac, who supported certain Renamo [.

Mozambique
Mesquita, emperor of Beira

The minister for transport and communications, Carlos Mesquita, has tightening his grip on the economy of Beira. This city situated [...]

Mozambique
Felicio Zacarias’s new focus: the environment

The owner of stakes in several mining companies ( ION [...]

Mozambique
President Nyusi’s daughter becomes a discreet businesswoman

The daughter of Mozambican President Filipe Jacinto Nyusi, Claudia Filipe Jacinto Nyusi, is the discreet shareholder (with a 50% share) [...]

Mozambique
Frelimo veterans drop Guebuza

Former Mozambican Head of State Armando Guebuza resigned reluctantly at [...]

Mozambique
Felicio Zacarias finds the right ore seam

Former minister Felicio Zacarias, who is already extensively active in the mining sector, has formed some new companies with his usual partners.

Mozambique
Guebuza’s partner Dino Foi goes back into media

The Mozambican Dino Mamudo Foi, who in the past has headed several media companies owned by the family of former [...]

Mozambique
Pedro Couto, a widely-accepted gas minister

Hailing from Nampula in northern Mozambique where many major gas finds have been made in recent years (Cabo Delgado province), [...]

Mozambique
Felicio Zacarias strikes again in mining

There is no end to the expansion of Mozambican former [...]

Mozambique
Nyusi is still not Guebuziness

The likely future president Filipe Nyusi has business interests, but nothing comparable to date with those of the outgoing president’s family.

Mozambique
Filipe Nyusi’s campaign team

The Frelimo candidate for the presidential election on 15 October, Filipe Nyusi, is currently on a tour to get himself better known by the international political leaders.

France, Mozambique
Delicate timing for Nyusi in Paris

The Frelimo candidate for the general election in mid-October, Filipe Nyusi, is keen to have as much support in Europe as he has in China.

Spotlight | Mozambique
Delicate power transfer ahead

Theoretically, President Armando Guebuza holds all the cards for him to be able to designate this month one of his loyalists as the ruling Frelimo party’s candidate for the presidential election in October 2014. However, his method of designating the [.

Mozambique
Adriano Maleiane joins Tongaat Hulett

The former governor of the Mozambique central bank, now a financial consultant, has joined the board of the South African company Tongaat Hulett.

Mozambique
Guebuza's daughter invests in Beira

Valentina da Luz Guebuza, the daughter of President Armando Guebuza, has a minority stake (2.5%) in the firm Beira Grain [...]