Maputo, 23 Jun (AIM) – Mozambican Minister of Planning and Development, Salim Valá, has announced that Northern Integrated Development Agency (ADIN) has assumed a central role in the implementation of Moz Community project, which is budgeted at 250 million US dollars.
The project, which will be funded by the World Bank, is aimed at reducing disparities across the northern region through community empowerment, the creation of employment opportunities for young people and the development of resilient infrastructure in the 56 districts covered by the programme.
According to the minister, speaking on Monday at the opening ceremony of the 1st International Conference on Industrialization and Agribusiness (CIAGRO 2026), in Pemba, ADIN will lead the project’s implementation in the Northern Province of Cabo Delgado, Niassa and Nampula.
“It is an intervention aimed at addressing the structural causes of fragility and conflict, recognizing communities as key actors in stability and development, and it will be based at the ADIN. The Agency will also drive regional industrialization through the processing of strategic agricultural products”, he said.
Valá warned that the impact of major gas and mining projects will only be truly transformative if they directly benefit the local business sector supported by the agency.
“Their impact will be genuinely transformative only if we succeed in establishing concrete links between the mega-projects, micro, small and medium-sized enterprises, local producers, young people, women, national suppliers and local communities”, the minister said.
For his part, Jacinto Loureiro, ADIN chairman, said that the agency is working to strengthen economic links between primary production and socio-economic inclusion.
“Producing more is important, but local processing is essential. Strengthening the value chains of cashew nuts, soya, cotton, fisheries, poultry and other strategic products represents an opportunity to boost small and medium-sized enterprises, increase the competitiveness of the local economy and reduce dependence on exports of unprocessed raw materials”, he said.
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