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Mozambique: African Development Bank Group approves $36 million grant for power scheme that includes refugees and internally displaced persons.

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ENPNewswire-November 26, 2021--Mozambique: African Development Bank Group approves $36 million grant for power scheme that includes refugees and internally displaced persons

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Release date- 25112021 - UN workers deliver relief items to internally displaced people in Corrane Site in Nampula Province.

The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank Group has approved a grant of $36 million to support a power scheme in Mozambique that also covers displaced persons and refugees.

The Mozambique Energy for All Project will increase the number of residential connections to the electricity grid, enhance power exports and improve domestic and regional supply quality. The project, in the northern provinces of Zambezia and Nampula, will be executed in collaboration with the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR) to include internally displaced persons and the Maratane refugee settlement as part of efforts to bridge the humanitarian-development gap in the southern African country.

The project primarily entails updating and constructing a new national control center to boost power exports by the national electricity utility, Electricidade de Mocambique. Overall, it aims to triple energy exports, incorporating more renewable sources, such as solar and wind, and to attract more investment inflows as domestic power supplies and stability improve. The second component will provide nearly 49,000 new connections.

Cesar Augusto Mba Abogo, the Bank's Country Manager for Mozambique, said the approval of the project by the Board of Directors was a significant milestone. 'The African Development Bank and its partners in the Mozambique Energy for All Project are committed to working collaboratively with the government, local communities and authorities to implement such an important project for the country. This project will contribute to the government's ambition to provide every Mozambican...

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