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- Rural Electrification Project
Rural Electrification Project
Mozambique
Borrower | Mozambique |
Financing Type | Public Sector |
Instrument | Project Loan |
Focus Area | Energy |
Approved | 14.06.2001 |
Signed | 26.02.2002 |
Status | Completed |
Loan Administrator | AFDB |
Executing Agency | Electricidade de Moçambique |
Co-financiers | AFDF, Government |
OPEC Fund Contribution (US$m) | 6.90 |
Total Project Cost (US$m) | 24.10 |
The project aims at providing electrical power to rural communities in Mozambique to promote economic growth and reduce poverty. Works will be conducted in the Gaza, Inhambane, Maputo and Nampula provinces, and will include:
- installation of some 816-km of medium and 68-km of low voltage lines and 1,800 street lighting points along main roads
- construction of 72 transformer stations and connections to over 7,000 households