Celebrating the 4th anniversary of the Município de Matola Rio is to recognise a journey marked by growth, resilience, and the gradual shaping of a municipality with its own identity and direction.
Over these four years, stronger connections have been built between institutions and communities, new opportunities have begun to take shape, and important foundations have been laid for a more structured and inclusive path of local development.
For MozParks, being part of this milestone was particularly meaningful, since Matola Rio Municipality hosts Beluluane Industrial Park, the largest and oldest industrial park in Mozambique. The park is accelerating its growth, with 75+ companies currently hosted. It was a heartfelt moment to join the community in marking this important stage of its journey.
The celebration brought together local leadership and partners to reflect on the progress achieved so far, while also looking ahead to the work that still lies ahead. Throughout the event, one message stood out clearly: progress in Matola Rio is a shared effort, built step by step through collaboration.
It was in this spirit that a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed between the Município de Matola Rio and MozParks. The agreement establishes a framework for collaboration focused on supporting local development, improving infrastructure, and delivering practical solutions that respond to community needs.
“We are extremely happy to be part of this celebration and this important moment for Matola Rio. Through this collaboration, our primary goal is to ensure that the community truly benefits from what we are building together. The success of Matola Rio Municipality depends on its ability to guarantee stability, predictability and facilitation to investors and other stakeholders interested in establishing themselves in the municipality,” said Onorio Manuel, General Director of MozParks.
Local leadership also highlighted the importance of continued cooperation, emphasising that sustainable development only becomes meaningful when it is reflected in people’s daily lives.
The celebration concluded with a shared commitment among all partners to move from dialogue to action, keeping the focus on tangible improvements that make a real difference for the people of Matola Rio.
Beluluane Industrial Park
In early June 2026, Beluluane Industrial Park had one of those days where the usual rhythm of industry made space for something different, a Sustainability Workshop hosted by MozParks, bringing together ideas, park tenants, and practical conversations about how growth can be more responsible, more inclusive, and more future-focused.
Instead of treating sustainability as a concept that sits on the side of operations, the discussion focused on how it is part of how the park actually functions day to day. From environmental responsibility to social impact and long-term economic resilience, and how industrial development and sustainability are now moving together, not separately.
A key part of MozParks’ sustainability approach is MozYouth, where young people are not just being prepared for the future in theory, but are actually stepping into it. Through internships inside industrial environments, they get to see how things work on the ground, the pace, the challenges, the decisions, and slowly turn classroom knowledge into real experience that builds confidence and employability within our country.
Just a few steps away from that, another reality is quietly taking shape through MozParks’ work with surrounding communities, where everyday engagement is gradually building stronger connections with the people living around the park. A clear example of this is Waste Square, where waste pickers are being integrated into a more structured value chain, with the plastic and metal they collect bought by MozParks and channelled to Glopol for recycling. What was once an informal survival activity is steadily becoming part of a more organised circular flow, where value is recovered, and livelihoods are strengthened. And this same sense of practical, grounded sustainability continues to grow outward even into something as simple as planting trees, where on Global Environment Day, the MozParks team came together, not as a symbolic gesture, but as a reminder that even in an industrial space, there is room to put something back into the ground, there is room to put something back into the ground, something that grows quietly over time alongside everything else.
Sustainability is not just about the environment. It is about ensuring that the park remains competitive, attracts investment, creates economic opportunities, and delivers balanced growth. In a context where markets increasingly demand environmental, social, and governance (ESG) responsibility, sustainability is no longer an option; it is a strategic driver of development and long-term success,” said the Sustainability Coordinator of MozParks, Katya Coelho.
What stayed from the workshop wasn’t a list of initiatives or plans. It was the sense that change here is not happening in a straight line or in big dramatic moments, but in small, practical shifts that are slowly reshaping what an industrial park feels like when people, work, and the environment start to overlap in real life.
