And just as this is not enough the country has also floated an international tender to issue more gas exploration licences.

She said the country which is striving to improve its economy having been ravaged by war which ended in 1992, will invest in gas powered vehicles to reduce its dependence on imported fuel and cut down its soaring oil bill.

The move also comes after another Southern African country Malawi also explored a move of introducing ethanol vehicles with an aim of reducing importation of fuel and also reduce pollution.

Malawi went further to launch one of the vehicles in its commercial city of Blantyre to monitor the proceedings after which more vehicles will be purchased.

Abreu, said Mozambique's plentiful supplies of natural gas could play a big role in achieving the country's energy and environmental goals.

A Reuters report Tuesday quoted the country’s minister as saying Mozambique with a huge potential in the energy sector and natural gas is a resource that occupies a special position, with reserves estimated at 3.6 trillion cubic feet in the Pande and Temane fields (in the southern province of Inhambane).

Several African countries have had to battle it out on Fuel and recently countries like South Africa and Malawi increased its fuel prices due to high costs on the international market.

The report said Tuesday Mozambique is this year expected to spend $700 million on fuel imports due to the increase of crude oil on the international market adding that currently it spends $350 million per year in the importation of liquid fuels.

Last year the Southern African country’s total consumption of imported fossil fuels was 600,000 cubic metres, of which more than 421,000 cubic metres was diesel.

With the gas investment, the country sees the $1.2 billion natural gas project headed by South Africa's petrochemical giant Sasol in Inhambane as central for reviving hopes for its economic growth.

The report said Sasol in partnership with the Mozambique Hydrocarbon Company (ENH) has completed building an 856 km pipeline to transport gas from Temane and Pande, to its fuel complex in Secunda across the border in South Africa.

Mozambique is one of the poorest countries in Africa and the move to invest gas powered vehicles would not only help them but as neighbouring countries like Malawi, Tanzania and Zambia who are also struggling with fuel.