Doing Business in Mozambique

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Subject (Course): International Trade and Business in Mozambique - Maputo.

Syllabus:

  1. Introduction to the Republic of Mozambique (East Africa).
  2. Doing Business in the City of Maputo
  3. Mozambican Economy
  4. International Trade of Mozambique
  5. Business and Investment Opportunities in Mozambique
    - Agriculture
    - Fisheries and aquaculture
    - Tourism and hotels
    - Infrastructure
    - Energy
  6. Legislation on Investment
  7. CPI - Investment Agency of Mozambique
  8. The Industrial Free Zones
  9. Case Study:
    - Ports of Beira, Nacala, and Maputo
    - Maputo Development Corridor.
    - Nacala Road Corridor Project
  10. History of Mozambique
  11. Introduction to Portuguese
  12. Access to the Mozambican Market
  13. Business Plan for Mozambique

Objectives of the subject "Doing Business in the Republic of Mozambique":

  1. To analyze the Mozambican economy and foreign trade
  2. To evaluate business opportunities in the Republic of Mozambique
  3. To explore Mozambique's trade relations with the student's country
  4. To know Mozambique's Free Trade Agreements (FTAs)
  5. To examine the Mozambican logistics sector
  6. To develop a business plan for the Mozambican Market
Subject "Doing Business in Mozambique" is studied...
  1. Doctorate DIB Africa
  2. Course Doing Business in East Africa
  3. Masters: International Business (MIB), Africa

Course learning materials in En or Es Mozambique Fr Mozambique Es Mozambique.

  1. Credits of the subject "Doing Business in Mozambique": 2 ECTS/1 AC Credits
  2. Duration: 2 weeks

Sample of the subject (Doing Business in Mozambique):
Mozambique Business

Subject Description (Doing Business in Mozambique).

The Republic of Mozambique (Africa).

Mozambique: one of the most dynamic African economies and one of the World's poorest countries.

  1. The Republic of Mozambique is one of the World's poorest countries (172 in the Human Development Index of the United Nations).
  2. Mozambique is a democratic country
  3. Mozambican Population: 23.5 millions of people
  4. Capital: City of Maputo
  5. Mozambique shares borders with Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe, South Africa, and Swaziland.
  6. 2,700 Km. along the eastern coast of Africa
  7. Mozambican official language: Portuguese
  8. The eleven provinces of Mozambique are Niassa, Cabo Delgado, Nampula, Zambezia, Tete, Manica, Sofala, Gaza, Inhambane, and Maputo, and the city of Maputo, which has a provincial status.
  9. Mozambique became independent from Portugal in 1975
  10. National Report on the progress of the Millennium Development Goals, showed that of the eleven targets of the Millennium Development Goals, only five of them had the potential to be achieved.

Religions in Mozambique:

  1. Christianity (56%)
  2. Islam (18%) and Animism (7%)

Mozambique belongs to the East African Economic Area of the African Civilization.

Port of Maputo

Mozambican economy:

  1. Mozambican GDP growth (2013): 7%
  2. Agriculture sector: 70% of the population
  3. The inflation: 2.3
  4. Mozambican Currency: Metical
  5. Natural resources: hydroelectric, gas, coal, minerals (titanium, graphite, wood, aluminum), and fishing products
  6. Huge reserves of minerals resources
  7. Most Mozambican dynamic sectors: coal production, financial sector, large infrastructure projects, construction, services, transport, communication, extractive industries, and the energy sector.

International Trade of Mozambique:

  1. Top Mozambican export products: prawn, cotton, cashew nuts, sugar, tea, aluminum ingots, titanium, tobacco, timber, textiles, and banana
  2. Top Mozambican export destinations: Belgium, South Africa, Spain, Portugal, the United Kingdom, Italy, Holland, Zimbabwe, Swaziland, Japan, the United States, Brazil, and India
  3. Top import markets: South Africa, Australia, the United States, India, Portugal, China, and Germany
  4. The public company GAZEDA manages special Economic Zones and Free Industrial Areas

African corridors:

  1. Beira-Lobito Corridor
  2. North-South Corridor

Port of Maputo

Mozambique has preferential access to

  1. Southern African Development Community (SADC)
  2. COMESA-EAC-SADC Tripartite Agreement
  3. Indian-Ocean Rim Association (IORA)
  4. Generalized System of Preferences (GSP)
  5. Cotonou Agreement (EU)
  6. United States-Africa (AGOA)
  7. Free Trade Agreements (FTA) with India and Malawi

Mozambique is a member of:

  1. African Development Bank
  2. Economic Commission for Africa (ECA)
  3. New Partnership for Africa's Development (NEPAD)
  4. African Union (AU)
  5. Convention on Preventing and Combating Corruption
  6. Africa-South America Summit (ASA)
  7. Islamic Development Bank
  8. Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC)
  9. Forum Africa (Mozambique)-China
  10. Africa (Mozambique)-Asia Strategic Partnership
  11. Afro-Arab cooperation
  12. Arab Bank for Economic Development in Africa (BADEA)

SADC Transport

SADC Customs Union

Lobito Beira Corridor

North-South Corridor (Africa)



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