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25/09/2026

Honouring the men and women who have served and continue to serve our country. Their commitment reminds us that building Mozambique is a shared responsibility.
At MozParks, we contribute through people, industry and opportunity.
Happy Armed Forces Day. 🇲🇿

24/09/2026

South Africa has taken another step towards establishing a domestic sustainable aviation fuel market, with Sasol agreeing to supply its first commercial volumes of sustainable aviation fuel to Antarctic expedition operator White Desert for flights between Cape Town and Antarctica.

The agreement, announced on September 15 at the Africa Green Hydrogen Summit in Cape Town, connects Sasol’s existing fuels infrastructure with a commercial aviation customer seeking to reduce the emissions associated with its operations. It also provides an early demonstration of how South Africa’s established industrial capabilities could be adapted to participate in emerging lower-carbon fuel markets.

Source: Africa Sustainability Matters

16/09/2026

Phelan Green’s synthetic aviation fuel project at Saldanha Bay has become the first of six projects in South Africa’s initial green hydrogen development wave to reach final investment decision, moving the country’s hydrogen strategy from project development into construction planning and commercial ex*****on.

The milestone was confirmed at the Africa Green Hydrogen Summit in Cape Town, where South Africa’s government said Phelan Green had secured an offtake agreement and committed $100 million in equity. Construction is expected to begin in the first quarter of 2027, with the first exports of electro-sustainable aviation fuel, or e-SAF, targeted for the first quarter of 2029.

Source: Africa Sustainability Matters (LinkedIn)

10/09/2026

What if plastic waste could help protect forests?

In Kenya, recycled plastic is being transformed into durable fencing posts, creating a practical alternative to conventional wooden posts.

The idea connects two environmental challenges with one solution:

🗑️ Plastic waste gets a second life
🌳 Demand for timber fencing can be reduced
🚜 Farmers gain durable fencing materials
🌍 Communities benefit from local recycling

Unlike wood, recycled-plastic posts can resist rot and termites and generally require less maintenance, making them particularly useful in agricultural and rural settings.

The bigger lesson goes beyond fencing.

A circular economy works when materials that would otherwise become waste are redesigned as valuable resources. Instead of following the traditional “use and discard” model, we can keep materials in circulation for longer while reducing pressure on natural resources.

Of course, recycled plastic is not impact-free. Its sustainability depends on responsible sourcing, production, durability and eventual end-of-life management.

But the principle is powerful:

Turn waste into infrastructure.
Create value locally.
Protect natural resources.

Sometimes, meaningful sustainability begins with something as simple as a fence post.

Source: Net Zero Frontiers (LinkedIn)
Visual Credit: rohit_mandal1

07/09/2026

04/09/2026

Solar just overtook coal

A historic shift is underway in China’s energy system.

For the first time, China’s installed solar photovoltaic capacity has surpassed coal-fired power capacity.

By the end of July 2026:

Solar: 1.286 TW
Coal: 1.285 TW

That makes solar the country’s largest power source by installed capacity.

But there’s an important distinction: installed capacity is not the same as electricity generated.

Solar remains intermittent, while coal plants can operate for longer periods. From January to July, solar generated about 802.4 billion kWh, representing roughly 13% of China’s electricity consumption.

Still, the direction is unmistakable.

China’s rapid expansion of solar, alongside wind, storage and grid upgrades, is reshaping the world’s largest power system.

The bigger question is no longer whether renewables can scale.

It’s how quickly grids, storage and flexibility can evolve to make that renewable capacity fully usable.

A milestone for China—and a signal for the global energy transition.

Source: Net Zero Frontiers (LinkedIn)

01/09/2026

Until the 6 September MozParks is participating in the 61st edition of , therefore, we invite partners, investors, businesses and visitors to meet our team at the Maputo Province Pavilion and learn more about MozParks’ industrial parks, investment opportunities, SME development initiatives and youth employment programmes.

We look forward to connecting with you at Mozambique’s leading international trade fair.

📍 Ricatla, Marracuene

📅 31 August – 6 September 2026

26/08/2026

This picture from Nigeria shows how
plastic waste has been turned into school chairs.

Not just recycled for the sake of recycling.

It has been given a second life as something useful, durable and meaningful.
And there is a bigger lesson here.

We often look at waste and ask:
How do we get rid of it?
Maybe the better question is:
What can we create from it?
That shift in thinking changes everything.

A plastic bottle is waste only until someone finds a better use for it.
The same principle applies to business, technology and even careers.
Innovation is not always about creating something completely new.

Sometimes, it is about looking at something ordinary and seeing a possibility that others missed.
Waste → Resource
Problem → Opportunity
Recycling → Education
That is what real innovation looks like.
Not always flashy.

Sometimes, it simply looks like a classroom full of children sitting on chairs made from yesterday’s waste.

Source: Waste Innovation Stories (LinkedIn)

25/08/2026

Sustainability Is Bigger Than Carbon.

When people hear “sustainability,” the conversation often starts and ends with one metric: CO₂ emissions.

But the real picture is much bigger.

A sustainable economy must also consider social justice, food security, education, water replenishment, biodiversity, plastic reduction, circularity, regenerative design, and healthy oceans.

Why does this matter for the economy?

Because environmental systems and economic systems are inseparable.

Degraded ecosystems create economic risks.
Water scarcity disrupts businesses.
Biodiversity loss threatens supply chains.
Resource waste increases costs.
Social inequality weakens long-term resilience.

The opportunity is to move beyond simply “doing less harm” toward building systems that actively restore nature, strengthen communities, and create lasting economic value.

The future economy won’t be defined only by how much it grows.

It will be defined by what that growth protects, restores, and enables.

Sustainability isn’t a department. It’s the foundation of a resilient economy.

Visual credit: Akepa
Source: GreenEconomics (LinkedIn)