Questions about Mozambique

Monday, August 3, 2009

Mozal. A farmer in his cornfield near BHP Billington's Mozal site near Maputo

I'm interested to hear from informed people with opinions regarding Mozal. What can other potential large investors in Mozambique learn from the Mozal deal? If the government of Mozambique were courting the same deal now, how much would their negotiating position have changed since the Mozal deal was signed?

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Hafiz HamidAugust 7, 2009 at 1:02 AM
good..thumbs up!!! =)
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So why am I so interested in Mozambique? In my career I have photographed a heck of a lot of what people do to survive and prosper. Be it plumbers in England, Vietnamese factory workers, engineers in Japan, fashion designers in China or farmers in Mozambique, all the people I’ve photographed are the tiny but vital moving parts inside each nation's economic engine. The story of an economy is the story of the people who are that economy. I first came to Mozambique for a week in 2007 intending to photograph a magazine feature on an innovative but rather controversial company in rural Sofala province. However, I soon realized that it would be futile and irresponsible to try to cover this complex enterprise in the limited format of a typical magazine article and photo spread. So I returned in 2008 for four weeks to expand my understanding and perspective in order to find a constructive format to look at some of the issues I had witnessed. This year I'm in Mozambique for 10 weeks, and I'm sure I will return several more times to complete this project.

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