Mozambique has already electrified 80% of its 419 Administrative Posts (PA), which guarantees electricity to 50% of the national population, according to guarantees from the Director of Electrification and Projects at Electricidade de Moçambique (EDM), Cláudio Dambe. He said that electricity from the national grid has yet to be brought to 82 PA headquarters, two of which...
Part of the city of Beira, in Sofala province, is in the dark due to a fire that broke out in the early hours of Saturday morning, culminating in the destruction of panels at the Munhava substation. The incident left more than 160,000 consumers of the Electricidade de Moçambique (EDM) company without electricity. The neighborhoods affected by the...
South Africa is going through an unprecedented energy crisis and is looking to Mozambique for solutions. This Monday, the South African Minister of Electricity, Kgosientsho Ramokgop, met with the Mozambican Minister of Mineral Resources and Energy, Carlos Zacarias. For the time being, in order to ease the pressure on ESKOM...
The rise in oil prices on the international market is bringing new international investment to Angola in the oil and gas sector, according to a new report by Deutsche Bank. Angola recorded 1.06 million barrels per day (bpd) of crude oil production in April, making it Africa's largest crude oil producer in the month,...
The African continent needs to adopt a balanced approach between environmental needs and its pressing energy needs, suggests Standard Bank's Chief Investment Officer, and therefore advocates investment in fossil fuels. Kenny Filha says that African countries cannot ignore the energy supply shortages they are currently facing. He believes that...
Today in Maputo, the President of the Republic, Filipe Nyusi, led the opening of the 9th Mozambique Mining and Energy Conference and Exhibition (MMEC 2023). The event will serve to showcase the latest progress in projects, policies and strategic initiatives for Mozambique's mining and energy sectors. Taking place under the...
More than 25 countries and 300 mining and energy specialists will attend the 9th edition of the Mining and Energy Conference and Exhibition (MMEC) in the Mozambican capital, Maputo. This is a debate and exhibition event for the value chain of the mining and energy sector, which takes place every year to promote business and...
Construction work on the Temane - Maputo electricity transmission line will be completed by the end of this year, guarantees the Chairman of the Board of Directors of Electricidade de Moçambique. The project covers a length of 560 kilometers and could benefit one million new consumers in the provinces of Inhambane, Gaza and Maputo. "The project...
By 2030, the Mozambican government will invest around 34 billion dollars in generating more than 3000 MW of energy. The information was provided by the Minister of Economy and Finance, Max Tonela, in Washington, during a lecture under the slogan "United for Energy Security and Sustainability, Triple Victory for Regional...
The World Bank (WB) has urged the government to strengthen Mozambique's role in supplying energy to southern Africa, in a context in which the global economic outlook is "bleak". "We are starting 2023 with a bleak outlook for global growth. What we see is that the countries that depend on...