Mozambique wants border posts with Zambia and Zimbabwe under public-private concession

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Mozambique wants border posts with Zambia and Zimbabwe under public-private concession

2:16 CAT | 28 Oct 2025

File photo: Lusa

Mozambique is seeking public-private partnerships (PPPs) to expand and modernize, under concession, the border posts with Zambia at Cassacatiza, and with Zimbabwe at Machipanda, according to government resolutions seen by Lusa today.

The objective is to “harmonize migration and customs procedures” between the respective countries, “as well as [to] facilitate regional trade”.

According to resolutions approved by the Council of Ministers, the Ministry of Transport and Logistics is authorized to launch the international public tender for the concession of the Integrated Project for Modernization and Expansion of the Cassacatiza Border (in Tete) and the Integrated Project for Modernization and Expansion of the Machipanda Border (in Manica), both “under a public-private partnership”.

The resolutions state that the process will also involve “contacts” with Zambian and Zimbabwean authorities to “ensure harmonization of the one-stop border model” on both borders.

The Ministry of Transport and Logistics must also “submit the proposed concession contract and the decree approving its terms within a period of no more than 120 days after the contract is awarded”, the resolutions state.

On October 23, Mozambique and Zambia signed an agreement to establish a one-stop border post between the two countries in Cassacatiza, the aim of which is to facilitate trade and promote development, Mozambique’s President Daniel Chapo announced.

The aim was “to accelerate trade between the two sister countries, because we believe that Zambia and Mozambique are two sister countries and we must remain united and cohesive to develop our two countries,” President Chapo said after signing the agreement in Lusaka.

The Mozambican president was speaking in Zambia, which borders Mozambique in the central province of Tete, after signing the agreement with Zambia’s President Hakainde Hichilema.

In his own remarks, President Hakainde Hichilema expressed interest in expanding areas of cooperation with Mozambique, particularly in trade, and also mentioned agreements in the areas of energy and gas.

According to the Mozambican government, the one-stop border model allows for greater “fluidity” in the transportation of people and goods, increased revenue collection and activity in the corridors, improved institutional image and national security, and increased logistical competitiveness in port corridors and stimulated economic development in the country’s border provinces.

Source: Lusa