MozParks participated in the 5th Turkey-Africa Business and Economy Forum (TABEF 2025) held on October 16–17 in Istanbul. The company, responsible for creating and managing industrial parks and sustainable economic zones in Mozambique, joined the Mozambican business delegation to present its industrial development model and expansion strategy to international investors and decision-makers.
During a panel on “Financing Africa’s Infrastructure Needs: The Turkish Build-Operate-Transfer Experience as a Model for Africa,” MozParks CEO Adrian Frey outlined the company’s vision. He explained that MozParks is developing a national network of 20 industrial parks designed to attract investment, create jobs, and boost local value creation.
Frey highlighted the Beluluane Industrial Park as a success story, hosting over 70 companies, generating 10,000 direct jobs, and supporting over 100,000 people. The same concept is now being implemented in Cabo Delgado, where provincial legislation requires suppliers and service providers in oil, gas, and mining projects to operate from industrial parks.
“An industrial park is an ecosystem: it connects investors to opportunities, suppliers to markets, and people to jobs,” Frey said, adding that the new framework ensures large projects generate real local content while parks provide the structure, standards, and oversight needed.
The Cabo Delgado initiative, developed with the provincial government, includes four industrial parks and two logistics bases for suppliers, manufacturers, and SMEs in the extractive sector. It aims to decentralize industrial growth and transform natural resource wealth into sustainable economic opportunities.
MozParks, a public-private partnership between the African Sustainable Economic Zones Alliance (ASEZA) and Mozambique’s Investment and Export Promotion Agency (APIEX), currently manages parks in Matola and Nampula and plans to expand to Cabo Delgado. To date, it has attracted over 70 companies from 20 countries, benefiting more than 120,000 people. Beluluane Industrial Park alone has drawn over $4 billion in investment, establishing itself as a national benchmark for sustainable industrial development.
Source: Diário Económico
