The Mozambican government wants to strengthen the formalisation and supervision of businesses conducted through the internet, providing for mechanisms to track and monitor economic activities carried out on digital platforms.
The intention was announced today in Maputo by the spokesperson for the Council of Ministers, Inocêncio Impissa, on the sidelines of the body’s 30th ordinary session, in response to questions about the growth of digital platforms providing credit and other economic activities carried out in the virtual space.
According to the official, the measure falls within the implementation of the recently approved decree on electronic transactions and digital commerce, as well as new mechanisms for monitoring activities carried out online.
“Recently, a decree was approved on electronic transactions involving various types of businesses and electronic commerce,” he said.
The spokesperson added that the new legislation should ensure “the compliance of these activities”, “the formalisation of these activities” and define how they participate “in the process of collectively building Mozambique”.
According to Impissa, entities such as the Digital Transformation Agency will be responsible for monitoring operators that conduct economic activities through digital platforms.
The official said that the growth of economic activities on the internet requires monitoring mechanisms on the part of the authorities, with a view to integrating them into the legal framework and the State’s formal supervision mechanisms.
“We have, for example, many radio channels, television channels, blogs and other things. In some of these cases, there are even people who engage in trade and earn (…) They are people who should contribute to the country in some way,” he said.
Impissa added that the process should be implemented gradually and involve different public entities.
The spokesperson said that the work should involve institutions linked to communications and the digital sector, advocating a framework that would make it possible to reconcile the development of these activities with the State’s supervision mechanisms.
“The Ministry of Communications will certainly be working with the National Council for Social Communication and other relevant entities to see how this can be done in a friendly environment,” he added.
The initiative follows the government’s approval in recent months of a series of legal instruments on digital transformation and the regulation of electronic platforms, including the creation of the Digital Transformation and Innovation Agency (ATDI) and the revision of the licensing rules for digital platform operators.
Last March, the Council of Ministers created the Digital Transformation and Innovation Agency, an institution responsible for coordinating the digital transformation of the State and the integration of digital platforms.
In November 2025, the revised regulation on the registration and licensing of digital platform operators and electronic service providers came into force, with the aim of improving oversight of the sector, strengthening operator accountability and requiring international platforms to have representation in the country.
Source: Lusa