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8:36 CAT | 29 Nov 2019
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Mozambican Prime Minister Carlos Agostinho do Rosario on Thursday called for the National Company of Science and Technology Parks (ENPCT) to be expanded throughout the country.
Speaking at a ceremony in Maputo where he swore into office the new chairperson of the ENPCT, Juliao Cumbane, Rosario said the company should become a source of revenue to reduce its dependence on the state budget.
The Prime Minister said the ENPCT should design, build and operate Science and Technology Parks throughout the country. He added that land has been identified for two new parks, in the northern port city of Nacala, and at Estaquina, in the central province of Manica.
So far, however, there is only one Science and Technology Park, at Maluana, in Maputo province, covering an area of 950 hectares. Rosario called for its rehabilitation, and said it should bank on modern and economically viable infrastructures.
He urged Cumbane to opt for permanent dialogue with other institutions, and to establish partnerships with national and foreign companies.
To ensure technological development, Rosario said, research and innovation are necessary. The company, he added, should also promote an entrepreneurial spirit, and linkages with the business sector, in order to confer commercial value on the products created in the Science and Technology Parks.
Cumbane pledged that he will work to meet the demands and expectations of the government for the strengthening of the Science and Technology Parks.
Cumbane is a university lecturer in physics. He is, however, better known as a tireless polemicist on behalf of the ruling Frelimo Party, posting prolifically in defence of Frelimo in social media outlets such as Facebook.
He takes over at ENPCT from Flavia Zimba, whose term of office recently ended.
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Source: AIM
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