Mota-Engil touts its investments in Malawi
Mota-Engil Africa chief executive officer Gilberto Rodrigues has said their investments in Malawi, totaling 150 million euros [K85.2 billion] are part of the company’s bigger picture and growth strategy.
Rodrigues said this on Saturday in Blantyre when the company’s officials had an interface with the media.
“For us, Malawi is part of the bigger picture. We have the expertise, people and equipment,” he said, stressing that all the work they get is on merit because of hard work.
“Africa is a natural market for Mota-Engil Group for a long and acknowledged 68 years experience in a journey initiated in Angola,” said Rodrigues, who oversees 11 countries .
The Portuguese industrial conglomerate is currently present in Angola, Mozambique, Malawi, South Africa, Cape Verde, Sao Tome and Principe, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Ghana and Portugal.
Rodrigues said as a leader in Portugal with a consolidated position in the ranks of the 30 largest European construction groups, the company is making its market on three continents and in 21 countries in Europe, Africa and Latin America.
He said the company maintains the same standards of strict compliance, quality and capacity for execution in each market, allowing it to assert itself internationally.
Rodriques said with holdings in over 200 companies, Mota-Engil assumes the position in the market according to the value and cultural identity of the organisation by being an innovative and competitive group on the global scale.
Mota-Engil is engaged in a wide range of activities associated with the design, construction, management and operation of infrastructures. It boasts a long and recognised experience, accompanied by a high level technical know-how in engineering and construction, ports and logistics, water and transport concessions and mining.
Mota-Engil started its work in Malawi in 1990 and has been involved in a number of projects. Currently, the company is constructing a railway line that spans from Moatize Coal Mine in Mozambique, passing through Malawi to the deep sea port of Nacala, which is about 912 kilometres.
This is a $1 billion [K480 billion] investment from Vale, one of the largest mining companies from Brazil.
After its completion, the railway line will enable the train to be moving at 80 kilometres per hour.
The project has created more than 3 600 jobs in the country, according to Rodrigues.
In December 2014, Mota-Engil, which was given a concession in 2010 to run water transport services, launched the $8 million [K4 billion] 120-passenger MV Chilembwe.n
