The Ministry of Finance has announced that more than 560,000 new household electricity connections were made in 2024, reaching 60 per cent coverage of the population with access to energy, up from 53.4 per cent in 2023.
‘During the energy expansion process, 563,800 new household connections were established, of which 395,600 through the national electricity grid and 170,100 through renewable sources,’ the budget execution report detailed.
The document adds that during the period under review, the first 40 kilometres ‘of the backbone of the 400 kilovolt (kV) high-voltage electricity transmission system were built, connecting the country from north to south through the Temane, Maputo, Chimuara and Alto Molócue sections.’
The new connections were made as part of the government’s ‘Energy for All’ programme implemented by Electricidade de Moçambique (EDM) and the Energy Fund (FUNAE), which aims to provide energy to Mozambicans by 2030. The initiative was defined in the National Electrification Strategy (ENE), approved by the Council of Ministers in 2018.
The National Statistics Institute (INE) revealed that over the last five years, electricity production has seen continuous growth, rising from 18,700 Gigawatt hours (GWh) in 2019 to 19,700 GWh in 2023. The 5.3 per cent increase was driven by generation from renewable sources, with hydroelectric plants contributing 82.7 per cent of the total electricity generated in 2023.
