Mozambique Enterprise for Sustainability (MES) was established in 2019 to provide local business development advisory services to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Mozambique.
MES is a Mozambican joint venture between DAI, a global supply chain leader with more than five decades of international development experience, and Taciana Peão Lopes & Advogados Associados (TPLA), a Mozambican law firm at the forefront of shaping Mozambique’s legal and socioeconomic landscape. With our specialized expertise and track record of developing local content strategies and policy, we are uniquely positioned to deliver locally grounded, high-impact solutions.
Our work is built on a foundation of international best practices and in-depth local knowledge. Through both advisory and implementation services, our leadership team, local experts, and specialists around the globe support supply chain development, design fit-for-purpose local content strategies, create social investment programs that yield tangible results and business value, and apply data analytics for better decision-making and smart investments. This integrated approach ensures projects are both impactful and scalable.
By uniting global standards with local insight, MES stands out as a trusted advisor and implementation partner.
Our joint venture structure brings together the complementary strengths of our partners in a collaborative working model. MES merges DAI’s experience driving business growth through sustainability and its decades of experience in socioeconomic development with the legal and policy leadership of TPLA, a firm instrumental in shaping Mozambique’s energy sector. This unique collaboration allows MES to operate with both the trust and sensitivity to local dynamics required in Mozambique and the technical rigor and strategic perspective of global best practice. The result is a dynamic organization that delivers sustainable, context-driven solutions with long-term value.
Our flagship project, the MozUp Enterprise Development Center, demonstrates the power of this joint venture in action. Strengthening supplier development for Mozambique’s upstream oil and gas sector, MozUp supports local business growth through training, advisory services, and capacity building. MES is actively contributing to local private sector growth and facilitating inclusive economic participation through this initiative, showcasing how a locally grounded, globally connected partnership can drive transformative impact for communities and businesses alike.
Our expert leaders, local teams, and global staff support the full lifecycle of supply chain development and socioeconomic programming.
Founder and Chairperson
General Director
Director of Finance and Operations
Program Manager
Taciana has played a key role in the evolution of legal and regulatory frameworks for Mozambique energy. She holds an LLM (Master of Laws) in Energy Law and has more than 22 years of experience in legal and institutional issues, LNG, local content, and energy transition development. She has also received the Power Play Pioneer Award for her outstanding contributions to the LNG industry and is the co-founder of Mozambique Women of Energy.
At MES, Taciana oversees the design and delivery of training programs for Mozambican micro, small, and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) to build skills in management, integration into upstream value chains, and legal compliance.
Mabothokgong (Mabo) leads the day-to-day management of MES. Her responsibilities include overseeing the operations of the MozUp Enterprise Development Center and steers the growth of MES’s comprehensive range of advisory and implementation services.
Before joining MES, Mabo held senior roles across both the public and private sectors, including Lead for Strategic Execution Enablement at the Central Bank of South Africa (Reserve Bank) and Pricing Manager at an international oil and gas company.
With a diverse background spanning oil and gas, telecommunications, banking, and manufacturing, she brings deep experience in enterprise and supplier development, strategic planning, and performance management.
Benjamim is committed to promoting entrepreneurship in Mozambique and has more than 35 years of experience in accounting, auditing, business and financial management, and taxation.
Before becoming a board member for MES, Benjamim led all aspects of financial and operational management for large donor-funded projects, including the USAID-funded SPEED projects. He has also worked with the Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Energy, and he was an external auditor for a large international audit firm.
Benjamim is also passionate about capacity building for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), leading development initiatives and training activities focusing on financial management, project management, and access to finance.
Djamila Carvalho is a skilled development professional with over 20 years of experience in field and strategic roles across Mozambique. She has led and supported initiatives in rural development, SME growth, resource mobilization, and monitoring and evaluation for organizations including the Aga Khan Foundation, Plan International, and PYXERA Global. She is also the co-founder of Mozambique Women of Energy.
Since 2019, Djamila has applied her expertise in local content and inclusive economic growth to lead the design and implementation of MozUp’s supplier development program, which enhances the competitiveness of local SMEs for opportunities in the LNG sector and other key areas of the Mozambican economy.