A Chinese-funded project to receive
television broadcasts by satellite in 500 Mozambican villages will generate 550
jobs, according to the Minister of Transport and Communications, Carlos
Mesquita.He was speaking on Saturday, in Marracuene district, about 30
kilometres north of Maputo, during the ceremony to launch the project, which is
budgeted at 3.8 million US dollars. It will be implemented by the Chinese
company Startimes, in partnership with the Mozambican firm Transporte,
Multiplexação e Transmissão (TMT).According to Mesquita, the project will
connect the Mozambican villages to the world, and will guarantee the right to
information to their residents.
The villages covered by the project,
he said, were selected on the basis of criteria such as size (they must have at
least 150 resident households) and the availability of electricity. Mesquita
added that priority was given to border areas, particularly those that do not
receive any terrestrial television signal.The Chinese ambassador to Mozambique,
Su Jian, said “with this project, Sino-Mozambican relations have entered a new
epoch, characterised by rapid development in all areas”.Witnessing the ceremony
was the chairperson of the Standing Committee of the Chinese parliament, the
National People’s Assembly, Li Zhanshu, who is on an official visit to
Mozambique, aimed at strengthening the ties between the parliaments of the two
countries.This follows the visit that the chairperson of the Mozambican parliament,
the Assembly of the Republic, Veronica Macamo, made to China in early 2017.Also
on Saturday, Li visited the Mozambique-China Centre for Agricultural Research
and Transfer of Technology, in Boane District.In Boane, Ambassador Su told
reporters that China has provided about 10 million dollars to support this
year’s agricultural campaign in Mozambique. He stressed that agriculture and
food security are priority sectors for Chinese investment.
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