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Electricity IV Project

Mozambique

Borrower Mozambique
Financing Type Public Sector
Instrument Project Loan
Focus Area Energy
Approved 13.06.2006
Signed 07.09.2006
Status Completed
Loan Administrator AFDB
Executing Agency Electricidade do Mozambique (EDM)
Co-financiers AFDF, Government
OPEC Fund Contribution (US$m) 10.40
Total Project Cost (US$m) 55.95

The project will carry out activities in the Sofala and Manica Provinces in central Mozambique, where only an estimated 5.3% of the region’s 2.9 million inhabitants has access to electricity. Works will comprise:

  • construction/rehabilitation of substations;
  • installation of transmission lines; 593 km distribution network;
  • connecting some 38,000 households to the grid; and
  • installation of around 10,000 pre-payment energy meters.
After completion, power supply to 80,000 existing customers will be improved and 40,000 new customers will be able to enjoy the benefits of a reliable and safe supply of electricity.

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