The information about the location, performance and productive capacities of the industrial sector in Mozambique are not yet comprehensive, a fact that constitutes a great constraint for both the Government and the investors.
In this perspective, and in order to fill this gap, the Minister of Industry and Commerce, Silvino Moreno, launched on Monday (19), in Maputo, a project called “Mapping the Manufacturing Industry in Mozambique”, which consists of a comprehensive survey of the number of existing industrial companies throughout the country.
Speaking at the ceremony, the governor said that the aim is not only to update the data network, but also to open space for the development of support plans that help revitalise the sector, so that it increases its contribution to the Gross Domestic Product (GDP).
“The Government’s intention is to make the industry more dynamic and, for that to happen, we need to know where each of the companies stands, which ones benefit from certain programmes and what the impact is for the economy,” Silvino Moreno explained.
According to the minister, the Government’s expectation is that the activity “will contribute, above all, to real knowledge of the situation of the industrial sector, so that, under the National Industrialise Mozambique Programme (PRONAI), there are specific actions to strengthen and consolidate companies.
The project will be carried out over a period of two years by Ernst & Young, which was hired by the government via an international public tender.
Essentially, the consultant will work throughout the country, and in partnership with the National Statistics Institute (INE), collecting, digitalizing and systematizing information.
“The data will be collected using technological platforms made available on tablets, through the online data collection application (SurveyCTO and Survey Solutions), and the method for the collection survey will be developed and tested by Ernst & Young and approved by the Ministry of Industry and Trade, INE and the World Bank, thus ensuring universal access for all,” he concluded.
