The Uxene company, which intends to install an intelligent and ecological city in Marracuene, called Uxene Smart City, held this Monday, May 29, in the town of that district, the first of several public hearings to residents of the neighborhoods Guava, Agostinho Neto, Cumbeza, Mateque, among others, located near the plot of 575 hectares in which the project will be implemented.
Speaking to the news portal Carta de Moçambique, the executive director of Uxene, Henrique Bettencourt, explained that the meeting is part of the preparation of the Partial Urbanization Plan (PPU) in that plot and said that the consultation aims to ensure the rational use of urban land.
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Mozambican Prime Minister Carlos Agostinho do Rosario on Monday inaugurated a new data centre at Maluana, in the southern Mozambican district of Manica, about 80 kilometres north of Maputo.
The Chinese company Huawei Technologies, which describes itself as a leader in Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) solutions and products, built the data centre in collaboration with the Mozambican Ministry of Science, Technology, and Higher and Professional Education.
Beneficiaries of the newly acquired capacity include the Mozambique Research and Education Network (MoRENet) and the Government Electronic Network (GovNet), which are government-led projects established to improve online public service access and capability.
The bandwidth will help MoRENet to deliver reliable and cost-effective, high-speed internet traffic to member institutions whilst creating the platform to share education and research content with other Nationwide Research Education Networks (NRENs) around the world.
The data centre, being built at the Maluana Science and Technology Park in Maputo Province in collaboration with the government of China, will centralise the hosting of the government’s applications, platforms and communication networks, said the Science and Technology Ministry. It is expected to reduce the costs currently incurred in running widely distributed servers.
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Beneficiaries of the newly acquired capacity include the Mozambique Research and Education Network (MoRENet) and the Government Electronic Network (GovNet), which are government-led projects established to improve online public service access and capability.