Roads
Most roads in Niassa are dirt, in reasonable conditions in the dry season from April to December. Some of them do not allow the passage of trucks during the rainy season. Be completed in 2004 paved the road linking the port of Nacala to Malawi through the Niassa. In the same period will be rehabilitated the main road that goes from Cuamba to Lichinga.
Line-rail
The rail line is in reasonable conditions, but there is a shortage of rolling stock. There is a complete rail system covering the whole country. Therefore we can not send through it's products to Niassa maputo. The provincial governments are looking for interested private investors to help in the rehabilitation and maintenance of rail-line linking the port of Nacala to Malawi.
Electricity
The power supply is inadequate throughout the province of Niassa. Only the main cities and Lichinga, Cuamba, mandimba and others have electricity, yet with interruptions of up to 15 hours. In rural areas there is no supply of electricity. Commercial farmers that there exist depends on its generators.
Phone and Internet
Niassa in the cities of the phone lines work very well, and international calls and internet connection are possible. In rural areas there are no phone lines. Lichinga in the reception of national and international connections through mobile phone is good.
Hospitals
In Lichinga and Cuamba hospitals is reasonable to provide access to basic treatments. For more complex treatments are good hospitals in Blantyre in Malawi. The trip by the Blantyre Lichinga takes about 6 to 8 hours by car.
Schools
In Niassa no international schools. For education of their children in English schools to consider use in Malawi or South Africa.
Financial sector
Niassa in the south of the bank branches are only in Lichinga, and the international bank of Mozambique (BIM) in Lichinga and Cuamba, where you can make transactions in national and foreign currency, and have access to ATMs, ATM `s.
Funding:
You can buy up bank loans to agricultural projects in Mozambique. The banking sector in Mozambique was successfully privatized. And now there are about 10 private banks in the market. Besides private banks controlled by Portuguese banks, there is also a bank of Mauritius and nedbank and ABSA of South Africa. The interest rate for loans in U.S. dollars is 10 to 12%.