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Consumers
Mozambique in August 2026: prices fall 0.28% again, yet Tete pays 10.71% more
Mozambique’s prices fell 0.28% in August 2026 and annual inflation eased to 6.45%. Tete remains at 10.71%. What real rates and regional spreads mean for a consumer business.
August 2026 in view: six months of wallet data show volume up 51% but tickets down 21%
As August 2026 closes, the latest Banco de Moçambique wallet data cover January to June: 2,182 million transactions worth MT1.47tn. Monthly volume is 51% above 2025’s average, at a 21% smaller ticket.
Mozambique’s wallets: 7.7% of first-half transactions paid for services, 1.5% of value
In the first half of 2026 service payments were 167.3m of 2,182m wallet transactions and MT21.7bn of MT1.47tn. Transfers took 53% of the count and 53% of the value.
Tomatoes down 18.7%, transport still up 14.87%: Mozambique’s split July 2026 basket
Mozambique’s July 2026 prices fell 0.26% and the annual rate eased to 7.48%. Why the cheap items and the sticky items diverge, and how wallet revenue and bank credit show household demand.
July 2026: 406.8m wallet transactions, 26% above July 2025, with each one worth 5% more
Mozambique’s wallets processed 406.8 million transactions worth MT287.4bn in July 2026, up 26% in count and 31% in value on July 2025. Seven months already equal 89% of all 2025 activity by count.
July 2026: Mozambique’s wallet agents reach 499,616, 384 short of half a million
Banco de Moçambique data for July 2026: 499,616 e-money agents, a record 406.8m wallet transactions worth MT287.4bn, and 389 agents for every ATM.
Blue Economy growth agenda across SADC: regional demand and access and what comes next
Ask a household in Windhoek, Maputo or Dar es Salaam whether SADC's blue economy agenda has changed anything about the fish on their plate or the beach holiday they can afford, and the honest answer, as of this week, is not yet. The 3rd Africa Blue Economy Week,...
Orange Botswana Pledges P1m to the Golden Grand Prix
Orange Botswana has pledged P1m to sponsor the FNB Botswana Golden Grand Prix, a World Athletics Continental Tour meeting set for 26 April 2026.