Correios de Moçambique

Correios de Moçambique was the company responsible for the postal service of Mozambique. Its name is Portuguese and means “Post of Mozambique,” reflecting the country's historical administrative and linguistic context. The available reference material does not state the company's precise founding date, the legal instrument under which it was originally created, or the identity of an individual founder. It is therefore best described as Mozambique's national postal operator without assigning an unsupported origin year. The company's institutional base was the Maputo Post Office Building on Avenida 25 de Setembro in Maputo. The building dates from the colonial period and served as the company's headquarters. This location connected the operator with the capital's historic communications infrastructure and provided a prominent physical site for postal administration and public-facing postal activity. As the national postal company, Correios de Moçambique's documented role was the provision of postal services in Mozambique. The available sources do not provide enough detail to reconstruct its branch network, service categories, parcel operations, financial performance, employment levels, international partnerships, or relationships with competitors. No reliable source material supplied for this dossier identifies a distinct consumer brand architecture, major product generations, advertising campaigns, or named senior executives. The decisive event in the company's later history occurred in May 2021, when the Mozambican government extinguished Correios de Moçambique. Extinguishment placed the company into liquidation, with the process expected to take approximately 18 months. This action ended the organization's operating life as the national postal company under the Correios de Moçambique name. The available reference does not explain the underlying policy rationale in detail, identify the liabilities or assets being liquidated, or specify whether postal services were transferred to a successor organization. It also does not establish the final legal result of the liquidation process. Correios de Moçambique is consequently recorded as a defunct national postal operator. Its historical significance lies primarily in its role within Mozambique's public communications infrastructure and in the association of that role with the historic Maputo Post Office Building. Further research would be required to document its establishment, institutional predecessors, operating history, leadership, financial condition, and any successor arrangements after the 2021 extinguishment.

• 2021

  Government extinguishment and liquidation

  [1]Correios de Moçambiqueen.wikipedia.org

  The Mozambican government extinguished Correios de Moçambique in May 2021. A liquidation process was expected to take approximately 18 months.

A national public postal operator serving Mozambique.

• Postal services

  Postal services

  Correios de Moçambique was responsible for postal services in Mozambique. The supplied reference material does not distinguish specific offerings such as letters, parcels, express delivery, financial services, or international mail, so the product description is kept at the level supported by the source.

• 2021

  Extinguishment of the companyOther

  Background

  In May 2021, the Mozambican government ended the existence of Correios de Moçambique as a company. The available source does not provide a detailed explanation of the policy, financial, or operational circumstances behind the decision.

  Action taken

  The company was extinguished and placed into a liquidation process expected to last approximately 18 months.

  Aftermath

  Correios de Moçambique is classified as defunct. The available material does not establish whether its postal functions, assets, employees, or obligations were transferred to a successor organization.

  Source

1. 1Correios de Moçambiqueen.wikipedia.org