Publication date: 2014, March
Author: Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment
Description: Mozambique’s strategic geographic position to serve the hinterland countries, including Malawi, Zambia, the Southern region of the Democratic Republic of Congo, Zimbabwe, the Eastern region of Botswana and the North-Eastern region of South Africa, resulted in the development of a West-East (from hinterland to the sea) infrastructure grid during the colonial era, which is still largely in place today.