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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
Modern energy sources will help the country's numerous small and medium-scale enterprises, many of which are run by women. The project is also expected to enhance tourism and boost agricultural output from improved irrigation, benefiting in all some 450,000 people.

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