Bank of Mozambique created Government of Mozambique took over, without compensation, the Mozambican operations of Banco Nacional Ultramarino, a Portuguese colonial bank that had been acting as the bank of issue for the colony. This became the nucleus of Bank of Mozambique. In 1977 the government also nationalized almost all banks in the country, including the Casa Bancária de Moçambique, and the Mozambican operations of Banco de Crédito, Comercial e Industrial and Banco Comercial de Angola, and merged them into Bank of Mozambique. At the same time it closed the operations of Banco de Fomento Nacional and Banco Pinto e Sotto Mayor. (The
Super Bock and England) and Portuguese speaking countries (namely Brazil, Angola and Mozambique), establishing itself as the best-selling Portuguese beer in the world. The main export market continues to be Angola, where the group's best-selling brand beer is Super Bock. In 2014, Super Bock extends its export market to Arab countries, with the arrival of the first containers with half a million liters of Super Bock Non-Alcoholic 0.0% to Saudi Arabia – thanks to a dealcoholisation process that does not stop the fermentation stage and allows the preservation of the beer's essential characteristics. After entering the market of Saudi Arabia with Super