LNG, public finances, electricity access and anti-corruption controls are converging into a broader test of whether resource wealth can build domestic capability.
Investment only becomes development if money, skills and infrastructure stay in the country. The stories here are different faces of that same challenge.
This is more revealing than another generic corruption index: it is evidence of an institution preventing questionable expenditure before the money leaves the state.
Billions may be reserved for local content, but the crucial question is whether Mozambican firms have the financing, skills and scale to win meaningful work.
This is the quieter counterpart to giant LNG announcements: whether ordinary households and businesses gain access to reliable power.
Local and country-focused outlets used as starting points for this prototype edition.