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A $20 billion gas project, a growing Maputo Port, a tourism boom and the Mauritius tourism model are among the stories now free to watch. MAPUTO, 17 October 2026 - Mozambique is cracking open its own cashews to boost its economy. The cashew story, from AFP, is one of...
Phase four of the Good Financial Governance programme starts in October 2026 with EUR 15.8m from Germany and Switzerland, running to March 2030 with the Administrative Court and municipalities.
By late August the external file combined US$5.73bn of bank dollar purchases to date, a rate fixed near 63.91, a card cap cut to MT3m and June reserves of US$3.46bn. LNG is years from exporting.
August 2026 brought a second month of falling prices, annual inflation of 6.45% and a 5.01% twelve-month average. The city split and the year-end arithmetic show what the number leaves out.
In the second quarter the large projects ran a goods surplus near US$1.15bn and everything else a deficit near US$1.47bn. July’s reserves, financing and street rates show how the gap is met.
July 2026 brought a 0.26% monthly price fall, reserves of US$3.44bn and a 0.4% dip in credit. Each fall has a different cause, and the pack shows which ones are seasonal.
Q2 2026 goods imports of US$2,214.1m outran exports of US$1,894.5m by US$319.6m, while FDI fell to US$590m and reserves closed June at US$3,463.8m. The banks turned net sellers of dollars.
June 2026 combined 0.1% first-quarter growth, 7.51% annual inflation and a 0.4% monthly fall in credit. Read together, they show real credit contracting while services carry growth.
Net reserves rose about 1% in May 2026 to roughly US$3.50bn. The BdM printed 2.2 months of total cover, and its committee raised the metical reserve requirement from 29% to 39%.