Maputo, Sept. 9, 2026 (Lusa) - Mozambican business leaders on Wednesday expressed, in Maputo, an interest in drawing on the experience of US companies to involve small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in gas projects and to explore partnerships in agribusiness to develop the country.
«Through this visit, we wanted to forge closer ties with American business leaders so that we could share experiences on how we too can capitalise on this new resource [gas] that has been discovered in our country,» said Teresa Muenda, executive director of the Confederation of Economic Associations (CTA) of Mozambique, at a press conference following a meeting with representatives of the Texas-Africa Chamber of Commerce (TXACC), who were visiting Maputo.
According to Ms Muenda, the US delegation's visit stems from a memorandum of understanding signed between the parties, following a visit to the United States in August by Mozambican business leaders, aimed at exchanging business-related information between the CTA and the TXACC.
Mozambican business leaders are keen to draw on the experience of that delegation to help national SMEs view the oil and gas sector as a major opportunity for the country's economic development, explained Muenda.
«We hope this will yield tangible results and that partnerships will be developed with our businesspeople across various sectors,» she added, highlighting the interest in capitalising on this experience to develop agribusiness, livestock farming and industry in Mozambique.
«One of our major challenges and one of our key priorities is to be able to process our agricultural products and, consequently, reduce post-harvest losses,» she concluded.
This visit also aims to prepare for another trip to Mozambique by an expanded US business delegation to take part in a business forum from 26 to 30 October in Maputo, in the south of the country, and in Nampula, in the north.
For his part, the president of the Texas-Africa Chamber of Commerce, Joshua Mumba, expressed an interest in establishing a «very strong» commercial relationship that could help the US organisation – which focuses on involving all African countries in the development process – to become «stronger and better».
According to him, areas of interest for US investment include, amongst others, mining, construction, technology and data centres, as well as oil and gas.
The United States has a significant presence in Mozambique's natural gas sector through ExxonMobil, one of the leading companies in the consortium responsible for the Rovuma LNG project, located in Area 4 of the Rovuma Basin in Cabo Delgado. Regarded as one of the largest energy investments planned for Africa, the project brings together international partners and is expected to strengthen Mozambique's position as one of the world's leading producers and exporters of liquefied natural gas (LNG).
In addition to Rovuma LNG, the country has other major gas projects, including the Coral Sul FLNG, operated by the Italian company Eni and in production since 2022; Mozambique LNG, led by the French company TotalEnergies and currently in the process of resuming operations following the suspension caused by insecurity in Cabo Delgado; and the Coral Norte FLNG, approved to expand production capacity in Area 4.
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