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26/03/2012

THE INDIAN OCEAN NEWSLETTER n°0

SPECIAL REPORT

Frelimo generals as mining industry go-betweens

Former generals who took part in Frelimo's struggle for independence in Mozambique in the 1970s have long traded in their uniforms for business suits. More recently, however, several have moved into the booming mining sector to act as go- betweens for big foreign groups. Their local connections, whether political or family in nature, make it easier for mining companies to win licenses and get around red tape. Such men as Jacinto Veloso, Alberto Joaquim Chipande and Tobias Dai have stood out as leading mining industry intermediaries. With the risk that some could demand excessive payments for their services. This report describe their operations and examines the web former generals have spun in the mining sector. And it provides some answers about who pulls the strings in Maputo. (...)

24/03/2012

THE INDIAN OCEAN NEWSLETTER n°1329

WHO'S WHO

After spending four years in Paris as assistant director for the law of the sea and rivers at the legal affairs department of the foreign affairs ministry, Serge Segura is to go back (...) [194 words] [€5]

24/03/2012

THE INDIAN OCEAN NEWSLETTER n°1329

BUSINESS CIRCLES

Rush for mining permits

Four companies have just filed requests for mining permits with the Mozambican authorities. (...) [270 words] [€5]

24/03/2012

THE INDIAN OCEAN NEWSLETTER n°1329

BUSINESS CIRCLES

Regime’s friends have their web

A few months after they formed the Mozambican company +258 Limitada in June 2011, the two founder shareholders Leticia Deusina da Silva Klemens and Jesus Irachande Gouveia, felt the (...) [258 words] [€5]

24/03/2012

THE INDIAN OCEAN NEWSLETTER n°1329

BUSINESS CIRCLES/COMPANIES

Insitec Imobiliaria

The property subsidiary of the Insitec group that is headed by two of the Mozambican President’s protégés, Celso (...) [105 words] [€1,5]

24/03/2012

THE INDIAN OCEAN NEWSLETTER n°1329

BUSINESS CIRCLES/COMPANIES

UltraTech Cement Mozambique

The boom in the Mozambican cement industry has led many foreign companies to take an increasing amount of interest in this sector. (...) [132 words] [€1,5]

24/03/2012

THE INDIAN OCEAN NEWSLETTER n°1329

BUSINESS CIRCLES/COMPANIES

Imobiliaria Panorama Lda

The links between the Portuguese group Visabeira and the nationalized company Telecomunicaçoes de Moçambique (TDM) (...) [75 words] [€1,5]

10/03/2012

THE INDIAN OCEAN NEWSLETTER n°1328

BUSINESS CIRCLES

A French energy mission

Around fifteen representatives of French companies, mainly the energy sector, are to participate in a mission to South Africa and Mozambique organised by Medef International. (...) [221 words] [€5]

10/03/2012

THE INDIAN OCEAN NEWSLETTER n°1328

BUSINESS CIRCLES

IFC pampers Mahamud Charania

Mahmud Charania, a 46 year-old British national and a mechanical engineering graduate of the University of Toronto (Canada), is well in with the International Finance Corporation (part (...) [187 words] [€5]

10/03/2012

THE INDIAN OCEAN NEWSLETTER n°1328

BUSINESS CIRCLES

Japanese go into car recycling

A Japanese company specialised in recycling old cars has joined forces with a local partner from a family close to the presidency. (...) [131 words] FREE

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