The case for a B2B ordering portal in Mozambique
Mozambique is a market of about 30 million people where B2B and wholesale portals are growing fast, with Maputo as its capital.
Mozambique’s gas and mining boom is creating demand for B2B procurement, and M-Pesa is lifting mobile commerce. Portuguese-language catalogues and metical pricing are essential.
That is why more companies in Mozambique are moving from phone, WhatsApp and spreadsheet orders to a proper B2B ordering portal — one place where products, prices, payments, orders and customers are managed together.
Local details we build into every Mozambique project
A store that works in Mozambique respects local habits as well as local law. These are the details we configure first.
Currency and pricing
Everything a Mozambique shopper sees — price, tax, delivery fee, refund — is in MZN, written the local way.
Language and content
Content can be produced in Portuguese, Makhuwa and Tsonga, so a Mozambique customer reads the store in the language they use at home.
Local trust signals
We add the payment logos, courier names and policy pages shoppers in Mozambique recognise: M-Pesa Mozambique and e-Mola and delivery through Correios de Moçambique.
Domain, phone and contact
Using .mz where it suits you signals a local business to shoppers and search engines. Click-to-call and WhatsApp buttons use the +258 calling code so customers reach you without dialling errors.
A B2B ordering portal built around your Mozambique business
Whatever your business sells in Mozambique, N&T Software designs and develops the B2B ordering portal and the matching mobile app exactly to your requirements — your catalogue, your prices, your payment and delivery rules.
In Mozambique we typically work with wholesalers, FMCG distributors, industrial suppliers and electrical and hardware traders, and with sellers in categories such as energy and mining supplies, fashion, phones and food and seafood that have strong online demand in Mozambique.
Before any commitment you get a free requirements meeting, a demo built on your use case and a proposal priced to your budget.
Features of your B2B ordering portal in Mozambique
Each module below is configured — or custom-developed — to your requirements. You choose what launches first and what follows in later phases.
Business accounts
Registration, KYC and approval, company hierarchies, branches, buyers and approvers with their own permissions. Customers in Mozambique can pay with M-Pesa Mozambique, e-Mola and mKesh, with receipts and refunds handled in the same admin.
Contract pricing
Price lists by customer, group or territory, quantity slabs, pack sizes, minimum order values and negotiated rates. Couriers such as Correios de Moçambique, DHL and Aramex plug in alongside your own fleet for Mozambique orders.
Quick and bulk ordering
SKU-code entry, spreadsheet upload, saved lists, re-order from history and scheduled repeat orders. Stock can be held in Mozambique or anywhere in Mozambique, with pickup and local-delivery options where they make sense.
Quotes and approvals
Request-for-quotation, counter-offers, purchase-order upload and multi-level approval before submission. Dashboards break sales down by product, customer and neighbourhood of Mozambique, so you see what to promote.
Credit and payments
Online payment, credit limits, pay-later terms, outstanding statements and payment reminders where approved. Content and design can follow how customers in Mozambique search and buy, including Portuguese and Makhuwa where you need it.
Sales-team tools
Order on behalf of customers, territory assignment, visit notes and performance dashboards for representatives. Product data imports from your existing sheets or ERP, so Mozambique teams do not re-type thousands of items.
Checkout and payment methods for Mozambique
A B2B ordering portal for Mozambique must support the way people here actually pay: M-Pesa Mozambique, e-Mola, mKesh, Visa and Mastercard, bank transfer and cash on delivery.
We integrate suitable gateways and providers for your business category and merchant eligibility, handle payment status, failed-payment retries and refunds, and keep sensitive card data with the provider rather than on your servers. All amounts are shown in Mozambican metical (MZN).
- Bank transfer
- Cash on delivery
- E-Mola
- MKesh
- Visa and Mastercard
- M-Pesa Mozambique
Shipping, couriers and local delivery in Mozambique
Your B2B ordering portal can book shipments and share tracking with Correios de Moçambique, DHL, Aramex, Local couriers and Chapas parcels, or route orders to your own riders and stores.
Delivery rules can price by distance, weight, postcode or zone, offer same-day slots in dense areas, and switch on pickup points or click-and-collect where customers prefer them.
Selling online legally in Mozambique
Tax basics: Mozambique charges 16% VAT, with a simplified regime for small taxpayers.
On privacy we design around the Electronic Transactions Law and emerging personal-data rules overseen by INTIC; on consumer rights the store reflects the Consumer Protection Law (2022) and the Electronic Transactions Law.
Our job is the engineering: price display with tax, invoice numbering, cookie and marketing consent, return and terms pages, role-based access and logs. Legal and tax conclusions stay with your own adviser.
Owning your channel in Mozambique
For a Mozambique business, OLX Moçambique, Facebook Marketplace, local online marketplaces and WhatsApp shops are useful shop windows — but fees, ranking changes and shared customer data limit how far you can grow on them alone.
With your own B2B ordering portal you keep the customer data, set the offers and the packaging, and still push stock to marketplaces from a single admin.
Who we build for in Mozambique
Popular online categories in Mozambique include energy and mining supplies, fashion, phones, food and seafood, building materials and cosmetics. In Mozambique, we most often build B2B and wholesale portals for:
Wholesalers
Catalogue, pricing and fulfilment rules designed for wholesalers in Mozambique, connected to the systems you already use.
FMCG distributors
FMCG distributors get contract pricing plus quotes and approvals workflows tailored to their operations.
Industrial suppliers
We map how industrial suppliers sell today and digitise it end to end — from enquiry and order to payment, dispatch and repeat purchase.
Electrical and hardware traders
For electrical and hardware traders, we usually start with credit and payments, then add warehouse and inventory systems once orders are flowing.
Medical and institutional suppliers
Catalogue, pricing and fulfilment rules designed for medical and institutional suppliers in Mozambique, connected to the systems you already use.
Dealer networks
Dealer networks get sales-team tools plus contract pricing workflows tailored to their operations.
Mobile commerce in Mozambique
In Mozambique, shoppers browse on phones first. A dealer and sales-representative app lets buyers re-order in seconds, scan products, check statements and receive scheme announcements, while reps take orders at the counter even with patchy connectivity.
Apps are published under your own developer accounts and share the same backend as your B2B ordering portal, so offers, stock and orders are always consistent between web and mobile.
Order alerts, offers and abandoned-cart reminders go out on Mozambique time (UTC+2), in Portuguese and Makhuwa if you want.
- BI and reporting tools
- Accounting and e-invoicing
- Credit and payment gateways
- ERP (SAP, Oracle, Microsoft Dynamics, Tally, Zoho)
- WhatsApp and SMS notifications
- Warehouse and inventory systems
- CRM and lead management
- Logistics and freight partners
Integrations above are examples; we connect any system that offers a suitable API, database access or approved import and export process.
A phased launch plan for Mozambique
We launch the journeys that create value first, then add depth. A typical roadmap for a B2B ordering portal in Mozambique:
| Phase | What goes live |
|---|---|
| Launch portal | Accounts, contract pricing, catalogue, ordering and ERP order sync. Configured for MZN, M-Pesa Mozambique and Correios de Moçambique from the start. |
| Automate | Quotes, approvals, credit, statements and notifications. |
| Expand | Dealer and sales-rep apps, analytics and new territories. Reviewed against how Mozambique customers actually buy. |
Success is measured on order-entry time, share of orders placed online, order accuracy, days sales outstanding, repeat-order frequency and sales-rep productivity — tracked on a dashboard you can see from launch day.
How Mozambique clients work with us
Mozambique runs on UTC+2, which is 3h 30m behind India (IST). With three 8-hour shifts we are available 24×7, so meetings, demos and urgent fixes happen in your working hours.
Project communication is in English; storefront content can be produced in Portuguese. You get a named lead, direct engineer access and an NDA if you ask.
Our head office is in Chhapi, Gujarat, with an office in Hyderabad and representation in Nigeria, South Africa, Ethiopia and Zambia; clients in Mozambique are served remotely with on-site workshops when the project needs them.
