Mozambique Local Content Partners

Maputo · Moçambique

Your bridge between Mozambican and international business.

An international economy operates inside Mozambique: LNG and its contracting chain, mining, multinationals, donors and development finance. It runs on international standards. We work both sides of that boundary.

Two populations sit either side of one boundary, and neither can cross it.

International firms cannot read the market

Entering, transacting and operating in Mozambique means navigating regulation, licensing, banking, currency, labour and counterparty risk in a high-informality market. Most firms arrive without a way to see any of it clearly.

Mozambican firms cannot meet the standard

Local companies are locked out of the largest economy in their own country, and rarely for lack of capability. The barriers include access to financing, visibility of tenders, information on how buyers actually procure, the capacity to manage a bid, reporting and audited accounts, and certification and HSE compliance.

The risk is not Mozambique. It is entering it without a way to see it.

Almost nothing here is undoable. It is only undoable alone. Four phases take you from first question to running operation, each one de-risking the next, and you can join at any of them.

Scope

Know before you commit

  • Market and feasibility studies
  • Regulatory and licensing feasibility
  • ESG screening and partner due diligence

Transact

Structure the deal to international standards

  • Deal origination and valuations
  • Transaction structuring
  • Capital raising and DFI introductions

Land

Stand up a compliant Mozambican entity

  • Company formation and tax registration
  • Bank account opening and sector licensing
  • Resident agent, work and residence permits

Operate

Run it well, with HQ fully sighted

  • Recruitment and local management
  • Accounting, tax and payroll back-office
  • Government relations and reporting to HQ

The contracts are already here. Most Mozambican companies cannot reach them.

The operators and their contractors need local suppliers, and the incoming local content law will require them. The obstacle is not demand, it is readiness. We take local companies from where they are to where the buyers require them to be, end to end.

Get business ready: win work with the operators and contractors

Most companies never see the tender, and cannot clear the requirements when they do. We close both gaps.

  • Access to information on tenders and opportunities
  • End-to-end tender and bid management
  • Financing: guarantees and working capital
  • Certification
  • HSE compliance
  • Workforce training

Get investment ready: become the local partner an international group wants

The local content law promotes joint ventures, and international groups entering the market need credible Mozambican partners.

  • Governance and reporting to international standard
  • Accounts and financial record cleanup
  • Business planning and financial modelling
  • Joint venture and M&A readiness
  • Introductions to international counterparties
  • Transaction support through to close

We are paid when you win.

For Mozambican companies we work on success fees and participation, not retainers. We carry part of the cost and part of the risk of getting a company to standard, and we earn when the tender is won or the partnership is done. It means we only take on companies we believe can get there, and it means our interests and yours are the same one.

Plenty of firms can explain the gap. Very few have lived on both sides of it.

Dual-national principals

Principals based in Maputo, holding European and Mozambican dual nationality, internationally educated, with decades of combined professional experience serving international investors in Mozambique. We know what an international board, auditor and procurement officer need to see, and we know how Maputo actually works. Both, at once.

Operators, not just advisers

We do not theorise. We have formed, licensed, banked and staffed real Mozambican companies ourselves. Every box we would ask you to tick, we have ticked for us.

Clean by design

A transparent local interface that keeps you compliant and protected while operating in a high-informality market. De-risking, not fixing.

Impact and blended finance

We specialise in transactions that bridge development and finance, mitigating ESG risk, maximising socio-economic impact, and blending public, concessional and private capital into investable opportunities.

Tell us which side of the bridge you are on.