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Angonia Photo Album (Tete province, Mozambique)

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Storefront

In Tete province, the agro-forestry sector is by far the largest employer, accounting for about 90% of the working population, followed by the commerce and finance sector 2.7% and the services sector 2.0% as of 1997. In the same year, there were 5,859 business owners, of whom 3,288 were in rural and 2,571 in urban areas. Dominant were small stores and canteens with only the owners and/or a few employees at most.

Weekly Market

In Tete province, shops are concentrated in Tete city and district centers, while small stalls/kiosks selling daily goods are found in the countryside. Besides these so-called formal shops, there are many informal open- air markets in both towns and the country- side. Most commodities, except perish- ables, are imported from Malawi, Zimbabwe and South Africa. Some inexpensive manu- factured goods (e.g., bicycles, kitchenware and tools) are imported from China and India. Used clothes are sold commonly. These indicate the underdevelopment of local light industries.

Timber Yard

Wood furniture manufacturing is one of the major industries in the Study Area. There are one large-scale furniture manufacturer and many small-scale carpentries. Though no statistics on wood furniture production are available, Mozambique exported US$8 million of wood and its products in 1999. Considering the anticipated demand for wood furniture as the urban population grows, the timber industry has a great potential for expansion in the Study Area.

Photos by Ken Kozai (Sanyu Consultants)

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