Mozambique

Population (World Bank): 33,897,354 (2023)

Metal/Ore Exports (% of Total Merchandise Exports, World Bank): 23.3% (2023)

Petroleum Production (Million barrels per day, EIA): 0 Mb/d (2024)

Human Development Index (World Rank, UNDP): 183

2017 Resource Governance Index Score, Oil and Gas Sector (NRGI): 50/100

EITI Status: Moderate

Link to key economic information (Atlas of Economic Complexity)

Policy documents that include local content relevant provisions:

• Diploma Ministerial n.º 55/2024 (Portuguese)

• Mining Law, 2014 (Portuguese)

• Petroleum Law, 2014 (Portuguese)

• Mega Projects Law, 2011 (Portuguese)

• Employment Law, 2007

Local Content Relevant News:

• February 2025 - ExxonMobil Showcases $20M Social Investment During AEC’s Mozambique Roundtable

• January 2025 - Estevão Pale’s Ministerial appointment is a solid choice for Mozambique citizens and investors

• November 2024 - Mozambique has announced plans to conduct an audit on local content compliance among oil companies

• July 2024 - Mozambique Regulates Local Content Obligations of the Concessionaires of Petroleum Rights

• May 2022 - Mozambique gas to contribute to world energy transition according to the Minister of Economy and Finance

• May 2022 – Mozambique’s Minister of Mineral Resources and Energy to Talk Gas, Local Content and Investment at AEW 2022

• November 2021 – African Development Bank ups financial contribution for local content and job creation in Mozambique to $2.5 million

• June 2021 – African Development Bank financial package for local content and SME development to boost job creation

• February 2021 – Local content rises to top of Mozambique’s developmental agenda

• January 2021 – Mozambique’s ENH 2021 Project Plans Makes Local Content Top Priority

• December 2020 – African Energy Chamber in Mozambique to push for local content on LNG developments

• December 2020 – Mozambique: Local content in natural gas projects “a priority” – minister

• October 2020 – Mozambique talks up local content in gas work

Analysis and Case Studies:

• Arena et al. (2022) – Precision policies and local content targets in resource-rich developing countries: The case of the oil and gas sector in Mozambique (Paywall)

• Marques da Cruz (2021) – Analysis and Evaluation of Local Content Legal Regulations in Mozambique’s Mining Sector

• Marques da Cruz (2021) – Understanding: Local Content in Mozambique – A Legal Perspective

• Dietsche & Esteves (2020) – Local Content and the Prospects for Economic Diversification in Mozambique

• Roe (2018) – Extractive Industries and Development: Lessons from International Experience for Mozambique

• Balchin et al. (2017) – Economic Transformation and Job Creation in Mozambique

• Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (2017) – Local Content Policies in Minerals-Exporting Countries: The Case of Mozambique

• United States Agency for International Development (2013) – Policy Options for Strengthening Local Content in Mozambique

• Perkins & Robbins (2011) – The contribution to local enterprise development of infrastructure for commodity extraction projects: Tanzania’s central corridor and Mozambique’s Zambezi Valley

Relevant Initiatives:

• Creating a Sustainable SME Supply Chain in the Oil and Gas Sector in Mozambique (LINKAR) Project (2021-2024)

• DAI Sustainable Business Group Local Content Strategy and Industrial Baseline Study (2018)

• International Growth Centre (IGC) Developing a Local Content Unit for Mozambique (2013)

• National Petroleum Institute (INP)

• Ministry of Mineral Resources and Energy (MIREME) (Website under maintanence 06/2024)

• Investment & Export Promotion Agency of Mozambique (APIEX)

• Local Content Procurement and Employment Portal