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Mozambique: President Chapo strengthens global partnerships for agriculture, youth and tourism in Seville
1:51 CAT | 02 Jul 2025
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President Daniel Chapo met leaders of international institutions and representatives of the private sector in Seville, Spain, this Tuesday, including the President of the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), Álvaro Lario, and the chairman of the Barceló Group, Simón Pedro Barceló.
The meetings took place on the sidelines of the Fourth United Nations International Conference on Financing for Development (FFD4) and aimed to strengthen cooperation in priority areas such as small-scale agriculture, youth and tourism, with a view to creating jobs and enhancing Mozambique’s potential.
IFAD president Alvaro Lavio expressed satisfaction with the institution’s current partnership with Mozambique, highlighting the impact of the projects implemented. “We are very pleased with our partnership with Mozambique. IFAD is an institution present here. […] We invest in young people, in the creation of employment opportunities through small and medium-sized enterprises in production, but also in distribution and storage,” he told the press, referring to the projects underway in the country.
Lario highlighted Mozambique’s agricultural potential and the concrete results of the collaboration. “Our most recent project was implemented in 11 provinces, including the province where the president was then governor [Inhambane], and also in Maputo, with a value of US$70 million, which increased to US$200 million in partnership with the African Development Bank and the European Union,” he said.
In the context of the International Conference on Financing for Development, the IFAD director highlighted the importance of the global commitment adopted in Seville. “The Seville Commitment represents, for us, a starting point at a global level to continue to mobilise instruments and resources, especially to combat poverty and hunger,” he said, commenting that food systems and agriculture are sectors with strong potential for transformation and job creation.
Regarding the next steps in Mozambique, Álvaro Lario explained that investments are still ongoing, with an emphasis on new actions linked to climate change. “We have an additional project of US$10 million with the Environment Fund, in the form of subsidies, to continue investing in adaptation to drought, access to water and soil quality,” he said.
The president of IFAD also highlighted the Mozambican government’s focus on youth as a priority, which coincides with the institution’s lines of action. “The president was very clear: one of the priorities is to create opportunities for young people. We spoke about special economic processing zones […] capable of generating jobs,” he explained.
The meeting with the president of the Barceló Group focused on investment opportunities in the tourism sector in Mozambique. Simón Pedro Barceló praised the strategic vision of the Mozambican head of state and expressed his desire to explore the national market. “The President of Mozambique called me to a meeting here in Seville […], and I was able to convey to the president our interest as a growing tourism company, to value and learn more about Mozambique,” he said.
The Barceló Group, which has a presence in destinations such as the Maldives and Mauritius, considers the Indian Ocean to be an area of strategic interest. “We hope to be able to go to Mozambique and see first-hand the opportunities that the country offers. The first objective would be to have a hotel in the capital and to have a project to develop on a beach in the Indian Ocean,” Barceló said.
In addition, the Spanish group expressed its openness to examining the possibility of establishing direct flights between Mozambique, Spain and Portugal, if there is sufficient demand from the Iberian markets, with the aim of directly connecting Madrid or Lisbon to Maputo and strengthening tourism connectivity with the Mozambican destination.
Also on Tuesday, President Daniel Chapo held separate meetings with the Special Envoy of the Federal Government of Germany to FFD4, Susanne Wasum-Rainer, with the American economist Jeffrey Sachs, and with the President of the African Development Bank, Akinwumi Adesina.
These meetings are part of the efforts of the Mozambican head of state to strengthen financing for sustainable development and consolidate alliances with strategic partners in a wide range of areas.
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