Hidroeléctrica de Cahora Bassa (HCB), the country's main electricity producer, located in the province of Tete, central Mozambique, announced this week that it expects to pocket 18 billion for the state coffers by the end of the year. The guarantee was given by the chairman of HCB's Board of Directors, Tomás Matola, who...
In January of the current hydrological year 2024/25, the Cahora Bassa Reservoir recorded an improvement in inflows, which resulted in a slight recovery in storage and stability in the reservoir's level for the hydro-energy production required to meet the energy needs of Mozambique, South Africa and other...
The population of the village of Incaia, in the town of Macia, blocked National Road number 1, in protest against false promises by the company Electricidade de Moçambique (EDM) to connect power to that point. The population has been asking for power for a long time but has only received false promises. This morning a meeting was scheduled with...
Some countries in the Southern African Development Community (SADC) may face restrictions on the supply of electricity from the Cahora Bassa Hydroelectric Power Station. The possibility of restrictions is due to the low level of water storage in the Cahora Bassa dam, which affects the normal production of electricity. According to Chief...
The African Energy Chamber has revealed that the world has around 685 million people without access to electricity, the majority of whom, 590 million, live on the African continent. In the report The State of African Energy in 2025, the Chamber points out that Africa's economic development is intertwined with the urgency of...
Electricity has already been restored to some of the customers affected by Tropical Cyclone "Chido", which hit the provinces of Cabo Delgado, Nampula, Zambézia and Niassa last weekend, leaving several electrical infrastructures damaged. The Mozambique Electricity Company (EDM) said in a statement that by the end of yesterday afternoon,...
Tropical Cyclone "CHIDO", which made itself felt in the provinces of Cabo Delgado and Nampula, and also impacted the provinces of Niassa and Zambézia, continues to cause damage to the electricity system, interrupting the electricity supply in several parts of those provinces. According to a note from the company Electricidade de Moçambique (EDM), at the moment around 110...
Telephone communication between Cabo Delgado province and other parts of Mozambique has been interrupted since dawn today due to the passage of severe cyclone Chido. The province is also without electricity. Images in our possession show several destroyed infrastructures in the city of Pemba. Streets are partially flooded. There is no drinking water. In...
This afternoon, the company Electricidade de Moçambique (EDM) interrupted the electricity supply in the southern part of the country due to protesters. In a statement, EDM says that a group of protesters went to the Ressano Garcia and Gigawatt Thermoelectric Power Plants, demanding a total halt to power production as part of the...
The headquarters of the Muatua Administrative Post (PA), in the district of Mogovolas, Nampula province, has already been connected to the national electricity grid since October 4, 2024. This is a project financed by the Mozambican government for a total of 105 million Meticais, according to a statement from the company Eletricidade de Mocambique. With...