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Economic and Social Forum of Mozambique

economic organization in Mozambique

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Source revisionFeb 27, 2026
Entity authorityQ62930370 ↗
Source-derived summary

The Economic and Social Forum of Mozambique was created in 2014 by the SOICO Group and today is also supported by the SOICO Foundation - FUNDASO. MOZEFO is a private economic and business forum whose purpose is to establish economic contacts in various areas of development, as well as to discuss the social and cultural conditions of the Mozambican people in various domains.

Purpose

It wished to build a platform for fostering a balance between public and private decision-making bodies in identifying Mozambique's problems in its development process. It also proposes lines of action resulting from the debate and agreement on the challenges raised, and finally, monitoring the impact of the lines of action defined, establishing regular monitoring and interaction points and ensuring the continuity of the topics between the forums.

MOZEFO was born with the objective of serving as a platform for understanding and seeking endogenous, inclusive and sustainable solutions. Daniel David, founder of SOICO, argues that:In order to form an enlightened society capable of implementing Mozambique's projects, it is necessary to promote operational efficiency and the creation of jobs and services, establishing appropriate business practices that transform knowledge into pulsating energy, an inexhaustible source of action. The commitment to solidarity and the valorization of man reaches its full meaning with the participation of all the fringes of society, thus realizing the true and essential exchange of knowledge.[1]

Editions

1st Edition - 2015

It took place from December 2 to 4, 2015, in the city of Maputo and under the motto: "The Future Is Now. Humanizing Growth" It was based at the Eduardo Mondlane University and held a preparatory cycle of five thematic conferences on different key sectors for the country's growth. There was talk of energy, agriculture, tourism and infrastructure and logistics. MOZEFO organized four forums for these major themes. Then a fifth conference on funding.

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This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Economic and Social Forum of Mozambique” as economic organization in Mozambique. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.

Editorial reviewA strong contextual entry point for chronology, institutions and public events when official records are distinguished from later interpretation. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—2014, 2015—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. The account is most persuasive where Economic, Social and Forum can be independently traced.
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The subject matters to the history & society register because the source frames it as economic organization in Mozambique. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.

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Chronology, provenance and viewpoint should be read together before a broad social or political interpretation is accepted. The source revision retrieved here is dated Feb 27, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q62930370. None of the 0 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 2014 and 2015.

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This entry incorporates text from “Economic and Social Forum of Mozambique” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.