Mozambique to accept digital signatures on official documents

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Mozambique to accept digital signatures on official documents

3:38 CAT | 07 Jul 2025

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Mozambique now accepts digital signatures on official documents to “accelerate the digitalisation of governance” and improve the provision of public services, the government announced on Friday.

“From now on, all institutions, individuals, companies and the government in general can sign documents digitally and ensure that the digitally signed document has the same value as the document signed with a pen,” Minister of Telecommunications and Digital Transformation Américo Muchanga said during a conference on digitalisation in Maputo.

The minister said that the process of digitalising public services aims at a “profound transformation” of business and organisational activities, processes and governance skills in the country.

“As a government, we have been noticing, with great satisfaction, the digital transformation of our public services, through the adoption and implementation of solutions based on ICT [Information and Communication Technologies], as a way of improving the provision of services to citizens, increasing efficiency, promoting transparency and reducing response times to citizens,” he added.

Minister Muchanga highlighted data protection, inclusion and digital literacy as challenges in the digitalization process and considered it necessary to consolidate “trust” in the use of digital devices and platforms by communities.

“When reflecting on digitalization for inclusive communities, it is essential to recognize that, as we expand the presence of digital in public services, education and communities, it is imperative that we do so within a secure, accessible, resilient and reliable digital system”, said the Minister of Telecommunications.

The main objective of this transformation is to ensure that each citizen is served “from where they are”, in order to reduce the distance that most of the population travels to access public services, concluded the minister.

On June 23, the Mozambican head of state, Daniel Chapo, said that the digitalization of the civil service will combat corruption.

“Based on this digitalization, we will avoid crowding in public institutions and also combat corruption, because there will be less contact between people,” declared the head of state during a speech on International Civil Service Day in Maputo.

The Mozambican president highlighted the introduction of digital platforms such as the civil servant portal and the future citizen portal, which will allow remote access to public services, stressing that the reform of public administration is ongoing and central to the sustainable development of the country.

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