Maputo, Feb. 11, 2026 (Lusa) - The president of the Confederation of Economic Associations of Mozambique on Wednesday considered digitisation in the country to be a "strategic imperative", noting that it will eliminate “excessive” bureaucracy, enhance transparency and improve the business environment.
"Digitisation has become a national strategic imperative (...). For the Mozambican private sector, digital transformation is no longer an option, it is now an essential condition for competitiveness, productivity and business sustainability. Digitisation means, in very practical terms, reducing costs, saving time and eliminating excessive bureaucracy," said Álvaro Massingue during the 1st National Conference on Digital Transformation in Maputo.
The event, under the slogan "Towards a Modern, Digital and Citizen-Centred State", which began today and runs until Thursday, includes debates on, among other topics, the national legal framework and its contribution to the development of technology in Mozambique, technological solutions as drivers of modernisation and capacity building, and innovation in the digital age.
According to the Confederation of Economic Associations (CTA), with digitisation, every physical form replaced by an electronic process, every licence obtained online, every digitised public service "means less time wasted, lower operating costs, greater predictability and more confidence", as well as shortening distances and reducing margins of error.
Business leaders also highlighted the role of digitisation in "enhancing transparency and structurally improving the business environment", given the requirements that still "penalise those who want to invest, produce, employ and grow" in Mozambique.
"The digitisation of public, financial and commercial services should simplify processes, eliminate redundancies and free up companies, especially micro, small and medium-sized enterprises, to focus on the essentials, which are producing, creating jobs and generating value," stressed Álvaro Massingue, arguing that digital transformation "must be accessible, secure and usable" by all.
At the conference, which also launched the process of developing a national digital transformation strategy, Álvaro Massingue expressed his interest in it being a participatory, pragmatic and results-oriented instrument, involving the private sector, academia, young people and development partners.
Business leaders also expressed their willingness to work with the government to accelerate the digitisation of the economy, reduce context costs and create an environment where doing business in Mozambique is faster, simpler and more competitive.
The Mozambican Minister of Communications and Digital Transformation, Américo Muchanga, today challenged the private sector to actively participate in the country's digital transformation, ensuring that companies will be actors in this transition and will benefit from the outcome.
At the same event, Mozambican president Daniel Chapo called for the creation of a technical commission to promote the integration of digital services and change the way the state serves Mozambicans, noting that the country's transformation has already begun.
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