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To discuss Intra-African trade, one must consider its informality, the small size of the traders, and the important role of women. Yet women traders face challenges in the form of tariff and non-tariff barriers, access to finance, and socio-cultural norms.

"I needed to be the breadwinner of the family, and I became a vendor at the Munhava Market in Beira city". Joana Celestina, a female vendor at the central market in Mozambique.

The number of internally displaced populations in Madagascar and Mozambique has increased with tens of thousands forced to move as tropical cyclone Freddy made landfall (on February 21 and 24 respectively). Nearly 400,000 people are estimated to be affected in both countries as heavy rains, strong winds, floods, and rising…

Beer is at the heart of Mozambique. Leading the beverage market across the country, Cervejas de Moçambique seeks to build its business alongside the nation’s communities and smallholder farmers. We speak to Country Director, Sandro Assis to learn more.

Ocean Revolution Mozambique (ORM) was one of the winners of the United Nations Development Programme’s (UNDP) Equator Prize for 2022, awarded to recognize community-led efforts in conservation and sustainability that lead to poverty alleviation. The nonprofit works at the grassroots level to protect coastal ecosystems like mangrove forests and seagrass meadows in Mozambique’s Inhambane Bay. […]

The Department of Climate Change and Meteorological Services has downplayed fears that Malawi is under threat of being hit with Tropical Cyclone Fredd...

Cyclone Freddy, which killed seven people in Madagascar earlier this week, made landfall along Mozambique’s coastline as a severe tropical storm on Friday and is expected to cause flooding and the destruction of homes and livelihoods.

“There is no need to cause more panic. It’s just a tropical storm not a cyclone,” MSD spokesperson James (Jnr) Ngoma told The Standard.

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Mozambicans took shelter on Friday as tropical storm Freddy made landfall in a small coastal town, with heavy rain expected to batter the country’s southern provinces for several days. French weather forecaster Meteo France, which has a cyclone-monitoring station on the Indian Ocean island of La Reunion, said Freddy hit the coast near the tourist …