Conceitos is a civic design initiative that reimagines what Mozambique’s public digital infrastructure could look like. It is a growing collection of prototype suites - each a set of five clickable, interconnected HTML surfaces showing how a digital public service could work. The prototypes are ideas for conversation, criticism, and improvement, not production software.
Public digital services in Mozambique are fragmented or absent. Citizens navigate bureaucratic processes without digital support, and there is little public imagination of what a coherent national digital stack could look like. Design critique requires something concrete to react to.
Conceitos exists to put something on the table: polished, realistic interfaces that make the conversation specific. What should an academic records platform look like? How should a citizen track a court case? What does an open budget portal feel like?
Each service covers five interconnected surfaces rather than a single page - showing how citizen-facing apps, staff tools, and government portals relate to each other within the same system. The design language is consistent across all suites, suggesting a unified national design system rather than unrelated products.
The entire site is pure HTML, CSS, and SVG with no frameworks or runtime dependencies. It loads instantly, works offline, and can be forked or adapted by anyone. Public domain, no rights reserved.
Public services (13 suites, 5 surfaces each):
Products: Lavoura - smallholder agriculture platform
Served as a static site via GitHub Pages at conceitos.org.