The Mozambican government affirmed on Monday that the state will retain sovereignty over data produced by the public administration, and outlined plans for a 'Citizen Portal' designed to streamline access to government services while strengthening oversight of administrative procedures.
The commitment was made by the Minister of State Administration and Civil Service, Inocêncio Impissa, at the second ordinary session of the Multisectoral Technical Coordination Commission for the Implementation of Digital Transformation, held in Maputo. The minister argued that the state must maintain control over information generated by public institutions.
"They must be data belonging to the state," Impissa said, contending that information produced across the different sectors of the public administration should be regarded as state patrimony within the framework of the ongoing digital transformation process.
According to the minister, this approach will enable integrated management of public information, preventing data from being dispersed across different institutions and contributing to the modernisation of service delivery to citizens. The 'Citizen Portal' is expected to play a central role in that effort.
The platform would allow citizens to request and obtain public services from anywhere in the world, without the need for repeated in-person visits to government offices.
"The 'Citizen Portal' will be, among all other instruments, one of the most important," Impissa said.
The minister added that the portal should facilitate access to public services regardless of the user's location. Digitalisation could also reduce opportunities for corruption within the public administration by enabling the monitoring and tracing of procedures carried out through electronic systems.
"If it goes through these channels, it will easily allow us to know what will have happened," Impissa said, referring to the potential for digital platforms to enhance the traceability of services delivered by the state.
For his part, the chairman of the board of the Digital Transformation Agency, Adilson Gomes, acknowledged that implementation of the programme remains constrained by funding limitations. A plan to identify the needs of each sector and their respective costs is still under discussion.
According to Gomes, the priority is to conclude the discussion of that plan and consolidate each sector's requirements before advancing to an overall estimate of the resources needed to execute the public administration's digital transformation programme.
Source: Diário Económico
Original article: https://www.diarioeconomico.co.mz/2026/09/21/desenvolvimento-2/governo-garante-soberania-do-estado-sobre-dados-publicos/
