Mozambique is being represented at the highest level at the 21st edition of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) General Conference, held under the Global Industry Summit (GIS) format in Riyadh. The Mozambican delegation is led by Dr. Basílio Muhate, Minister of Economy, and the Secretary of State for Industry, Dr. Custódia Paunde. COTUR's CEO, Dr. Muhammad Abdullah, who currently also heads the CTA's Travel Agencies Department, is representing the Mozambican private sector at what is an important occasion for the country's competitiveness and investment attraction agenda.
Organized by the United Nations through UNIDO, the GIS serves as a high-level platform that brings together public decision-makers, industry leaders and development partners to align policies, mobilize investment, accelerate partnerships and discuss technology and supply chains. The 2025 edition takes place at the King Abdulaziz International Conference Center, with ministerial sessions, sector forums and B2B meetings.
For COTUR, the largest corporate travel operator in Mozambique and a logistics partner for multinationals in the country, participation in forums of this nature has a direct operational impact: monitoring global industry and mobility trends, calibrating service offerings and increasing predictability and added value for client operations that cross energy, infrastructure, financial services and manufacturing. The company thus strengthens its role as a representative of the Mozambican private sector on stages where investment flows, sustainability standards and corporate mobility requirements are defined.
On the sidelines of the official program, Dr. Muhammad Abdullah held meetings with potential partners and investors to promote opportunities in Mozambique, with a focus on tourism, logistics and services associated with major projects. These contacts follow the orientation of translating international recognition into concrete projects, creating links between policy, industry and execution on the ground.
The agenda of the Global Industry Summit intersects with some of the biggest priorities for Mozambique: inclusive industrialization, integration into regional value chains, financing and digitization of processes, with implications for team mobility, travel procurement and risk management.
The joint presence of the government and the private sector reinforces the synergy that is fundamental to increasing responsiveness in activating projects and accessing multilateral instruments.