On Wednesday, January 27, two members of the Beluluane Industrial Park (BIP), Evaristo Madime and Onório Manuel, were appointed in the positions of President and Vice President of CTA’s Industrial Task force, an act witnessed by the Minister of Industry and Commerce, His Excellency Carlos Mesquita.
CTA is a non-governmental, non-partisan economic organization whose mission is to contribute to the economic and social development of Mozambique. Led by the CTA president, Agostinho Vuma, the current leadership was restructured, and new Task forces were created, going from 13 from the previous term to 19 in the current term. These task forces will be representing the different sectors of Mozambique’s economic and business activity.
The Task forces are basic bodies for dialogue between the private sector and the Government. The Industrial body, which was previously part of the Department of Commerce and Services, was separated to allow focus on the country’s current industrialization agenda.
At the head of this Task force there are now two members of the Beluluane Industrial Park team, Evaristo Madime, who is a member of the Park’s Board of Directors, who takes over the Presidency and Onório Manuel, General Manager of BIP, who takes on the Vice-Presidency of Manufacturing industry.
“We are committed to promoting debate and reflection that ensure the development of the national industry, throughout its value chain” stated Onório Manuel, General Manager of BIP and Vice President of the Industrial Task force.
The representative of the Park also stressed that they will provide technical advice to the other bodies on matters related to national and regional industry.
Onório Manuel sworn in at CTA inauguration ceremony
The Industrial Association of Mozambique (AIMO) and the Beluluane Industrial Park (BIP) signed on Tuesday, November 24th, a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) aimed at creating special conditions for access to a full spectrum of benefits for investors, offered by BIP to AIMO members.
One of the main goals of this partnership is to create complete solutions for the investor, that is, investment opportunities offered by BIP such as: Industrial spaces; Business Liaison Programs; Eligibility to the Industrial Free Trade Zone; Tax and Customs Benefits; Access to Electricity; Road access; Warehouses; Infrastructure Development; and Skills Development Training.
Rogério Samo Gudo, President of AIMO, Articulated that the partnership signed today is aimed at providing access to AIMO members to benefit from the conditions that BIP has in its existing park, as well as those still to be created across the country. As you may know, BIP is currently developing the best possible operating conditions, including infrastructure development and the environment ambient, to allow companies and their operations to flourish. Therefore, we have no doubt that this partnership will catalyze the ongoing efforts, and objective to put Mozambique en-route to greater industrialization, whilst also supporting the well-being of industrial employees.
Onorio Boane, the General Manager of the Beluluane Industrial Park, also added that “the main objective of this partnership is to provide access to the investment opportunities generated by BIP for companies affiliated to AIMO. In this context, we will offer special modalities to all member companies to access BIP. We are hugely optimistic about this partnership due to BIP’s ability to accommodate any industrial or service company. We see AIMO companies having great potential to establish themselves within our current Industrial Park and those to be created in the near future.”
