The Mozambican government has invested 141 million meticals for the electrification of the Chioco administrative post in Tete province, in the centre of the country, Electricidade de Moçambique (EDM) announced.
In a statement released on Sunday 24 December, EDM said that “the Project to Extend the Electricity Network to the Chioco Administrative Post was financed by the Mozambican Executive, through the Cahora Bassa Hydroelectric Plant (HCB), to the value of 141 million meticals”.
According to the state-owned electricity company, the sum was used to build 65 kilometres of medium voltage line, install 200 street lamps and five transformer stations, thus enabling the “immediate connection of 1,000 consumers” in the first phase.
According to EDM, at least 30 administrative posts in Tete have been electrified, out of the 37 in the province.
“It should be noted that this is the 13th administrative post electrified this year, 11 of which are through the national electricity grid and the remaining two through alternative sources,” the statement said.
In November, the President of the Republic, Filipe Nyusi, revealed that at least 55 administrative posts had been electrified since 2020 in the country, as part of the presidential initiative “Energy for all”.
According to the head of state, over the last three years, more than 1.2 million Mozambicans have had access to electricity, bringing the country closer to the goal of universal access to energy.
In August, however, the president of EDM, Marcelino Gildo, said that the company needed 9.6 billion meticais to complete the electrification of all the administrative posts in Mozambican, an essential step towards the “great challenge” of universal access to energy.
