The electrification of Senga and Patacua in the Palma district is taking shape and has already entered its final phase, a few months after the groundbreaking during the inauguration of the road connecting Quitunda to Senga. This is another infrastructure project designed to support communities resettled under the Mozambique LNG project, addressing the most immediate needs of families living in the area, according to Further Africa.
The road, delivered in September, has facilitated movement between Quitunda, Senga, Patacua, and Mangala, shortening distances that for years hindered access to basic services and markets. Now, with the electrical network progressing, these villages are beginning to feel that life can finally become more predictable.
The project, led by Electricidade de Moçambique (EDM) and supported by Mozambique LNG, includes 8.4 kilometers of medium and low-voltage lines, 240 public lighting poles, and over a thousand planned household connections by March 2026. Much of the network is already installed, and the placement of poles is progressing daily. Public lighting is expected to be completed early next year.
For many families, this is a long-awaited step. In recent years, Quitunda has become the main resettlement area associated with the gas project, hosting hundreds of households. TotalEnergies has built houses, schools, health units, and community infrastructure, but the lack of electricity in nearby villages remained a major factor of exclusion.
With this new phase, Senga and Patacua are approaching the level of services already available in the town of Quitunda. Electrification is expected to directly benefit more than 1,500 families, providing public lighting, refrigeration for small businesses, better conditions for schools, and increased safety for people moving around in the early evening. For EDM, the project also represents an effort to extend the national grid to areas that have been isolated for decades.
This work comes at a time when Palma is seeking to stabilize and rebuild daily routines after the most critical years of armed violence. The presence of infrastructure—roads, electricity, public services—is seen as a sign that community life can resume normally, even before the full restart of gas-related economic activities.
If the current pace is maintained, the first families could be connected in 2026, consolidating an investment cycle that began with the Quitunda-Senga road and now moves to what makes the greatest difference for many: having light inside homes and a village illuminated at night.
Source: Diário Económico
