Nearly 3,000 exhibitors from 29 countries, including around 100 Portuguese-owned companies, are taking part from today in the 61st Maputo International Fair (FACIM), Mozambique’s largest business event. FACIM will run until 5 September across 14 pavilions at the Ricatla International Trade Fair and Exhibition Centre, in Marracuene district, Maputo, with around 600 foreign companies and… Source
Nearly 3,000 exhibitors from 29 countries, including around 100 Portuguese-owned companies, are taking part from today in the 61st Maputo International Fair (FACIM), Mozambique’s largest business event.
FACIM will run until 5 September across 14 pavilions at the Ricatla International Trade Fair and Exhibition Centre, in Marracuene district, Maputo, with around 600 foreign companies and approximately 2,300 national exhibitors expected, as well as 55,000 visitors.
In addition to national and international exhibitors, the fair will feature an agricultural exhibition and pavilions dedicated to various sectors of the economy and public institutions, and aims to promote Mozambican exports.
“We will also have the agricultural exhibition and the pavilion for the state-owned business sector, including the pavilion of the Zambezi Valley Development Agency,” Luís Machava, director-general of the Agency for the Promotion of Investment and Exports (Apiex), the entity responsible for organising the event, told Lusa.
This year’s edition, whose official opening ceremony will be presided over by Mozambican President Daniel Chapo after 9 a.m., is being held under the theme “Digital and Energy Transformation for a Sustainable Economy” and has Brazil as guest of honour.
Business forums and themed seminars aimed at promoting partnerships and business opportunities are also planned, including the Mozambique-China, Mozambique-Brazil and Mozambique-United Arab Emirates forums.
More than 100 Portuguese-owned companies are expected at this year’s FACIM, strengthening Portugal’s presence in one of Africa’s main markets, where around 500 Portuguese companies already operate.
According to the Embassy of Portugal in Maputo, the Portuguese participation will be accompanied by Secretary of State for the Economy João Rui Ferreira, who will visit Maputo from 31 August to 2 September, and by the President of the Portuguese Agency for Investment and Foreign Trade (AICEP), Madalena Oliveira e Silva.
The Portuguese presence comes in a context of “strong dynamism and strengthening of business cooperation between the two countries”, at a time when Portuguese-owned companies remain active in sectors considered strategic to the Mozambican economy, such as energy, agriculture, infrastructure, engineering, tourism and digital transformation.
Of the more than 100 Portuguese companies expected at this year’s FACIM, around two dozen will have their own exhibition spaces, seeking to promote products, services and investment opportunities among Mozambican and international partners.
Running alongside FACIM will be the Portugal-Mozambique Business Forum 2026, under the theme “Competitiveness, Local Content and New Investment Opportunities”, scheduled for 1 September.
Also expected to attend FACIM on its first day are Socialist Party Secretary-General José Luís Carneiro and the leader of the Socialist parliamentary group, Eurico Brilhante Dias, as part of the party delegation’s visit to Maputo to strengthen institutional relations and identify opportunities for cooperation, according to a party source.
Portugal is Mozambique’s seventh-largest supplier, with more than 1,100 Portuguese exporting companies active in this market, responsible for trade in goods worth more than €193 million in 2025. There are currently more than 40,000 Portuguese citizens registered with the consular network in Mozambique and almost 500 Portuguese-owned companies in Mozambique, according to official data.
