PURE Rural Mozambique Climate Project: Driving Mozambique's climate resilience through energy access and climate-smart Productive Use of Renewable Energy (GCF-FP290)

Regions
  • Africa
Geographic location where the impacts of the investment may be experienced.
Countries
  • Mozambique
Geographic location where the impacts of the investment may be experienced.
Financial Institutions
  • Green Climate Fund (GCF)
International, regional and national development finance institutions. Many of these banks have a public interest mission, such as poverty reduction.
Project Status
Approved
Stage of the project cycle. Stages vary by development bank and can include: pending, approval, implementation, and closed or completed.
Bank Risk Rating
B
Environmental and social categorization assessed by the development bank as a measure of the planned project’s environmental and social impacts. A higher risk rating may require more due diligence to limit or avoid harm to people and the environment. For example, "A" or "B" are risk categories where "A" represents the highest amount of risk. Results will include projects that specifically recorded a rating, all other projects are marked ‘U’ for "Undisclosed."
Voting Date
Mar 28, 2026
Date when project documentation and funding is reviewed by the Board for consideration and approval. Some development banks will state a "board date" or "decision date." When funding approval is obtained, the legal documents are accepted and signed, the implementation phase begins.
Borrower
Enabel (formerly Belgian Technical Cooperation - Cooperation Technique Belge)
A public entity (government or state-owned) provided with funds or financial support to manage and/or implement a project.
Sectors
  • Energy
The service or industry focus of the investment. A project can have several sectors.
Investment Type(s)
Grant
The categories of the bank investment: loan, grant, guarantee, technical assistance, advisory services, equity and fund.
Investment Amount (USD)
$ 42.60 million
Value listed on project documents at time of disclosure. If necessary, this amount is converted to USD ($) on the date of disclosure. Please review updated project documents for more information.
Grant Amount (USD)
$ 42.60 million
Value listed on project documents at time of disclosure. If necessary, this amount is converted to USD ($) on the date of disclosure. Please review updated project documents for more information.
Project Cost (USD)
$ 47.90 million
Value listed on project documents at time of disclosure. If necessary, this amount is converted to USD ($) on the date of disclosure. Please review updated project documents for more information.
Bank Documents
Media Documents
Primary Source

Original disclosure @ GCF website

Updated in EWS Jul 16, 2026

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Project Description
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According to the GCF, this project aims to enhance climate resilience and reduce emissions in rural Mozambique by expanding access to decentralized renewable energy and climate-smart productive use solutions, while strengthening national institutional capacity to sustainably finance and manage off-grid energy investments.

Structured around four outcomes, the project will strengthen the institutional and technical capacities of Mozambique's national energy fund, Fundo de Energia (FUNAE); support the development of mini-grids through competitive private-sector concessions; reduce emissions through solar mini-grid installation and operation; and increase climate resilience and livelihood generation through climate-smart productive use of renewable energy solutions.

By combining competitive private-sector mini-grid concessions with results-based financing for productive uses, the project addresses affordability, demand, and investment risks that have constrained rural electrification in Mozambique. The project is expected to directly benefit 66,200 people, of whom 52 per cent are women, and indirectly reach a further 158,800 people, while positioning FUNAE as a sustainable national vehicle for off-grid energy and climate finance in the long term.

Investment Description
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Private Actors Description
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As stated on the company's website, Enabel is the Belgian agency for international cooperation.

Private Actor 1 Private Actor 1 Role Private Actor 1 Sector Relation Private Actor 2 Private Actor 2 Role Private Actor 2 Sector
- - - - Enabel (formerly Belgian Technical Cooperation) Client Law and Government

Contact Information
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Implementing Agency - Enabel (formerly Belgian Technical Cooperation - Cooperation Technique Belge):

Mr. Sebastiano Mori - Global Partnerships Advisor
Phone: 00 32 485 706284
Email: sebastiano.mori@enabel.be

Ms Margherita Solca - Global Partnerships Advisor
Phone: + 32478770537
Email: margherita.solca@enabel.be

Ms. Karine Ruyssen - Global Partnerships Advisor
Email: karine.ruyssen@enabel.be 

GCF Contacts:

Communications: communications@gcfund.org 
Information disclosure: https://www.greenclimate.fund/about/disclosure/form 
GCF Independent Redress Mechanism (IRM): +82 32 458 6186 / https://gcf.i-sight.com/external/case/new/group=Complaint
GCF Independent Integrity Unity (IIU): +82 32 458 6714 / iiu@gcfund.org 

National Designated Authority - Ministry of Planning and Development, National Directorate of Climate Finance (Mozambique):

Mr. Albano Manjate - National Director, National Directorate of Climate Finance / Ministry of Planning and Development
Phone: +258 828969570 / +258 843969570
Email: albanomanjate@gmail.com 

ACCESS TO INFORMATION

Requests for project information may be submitted using the IDP Request for Information by email to: disclosure@gcfund.org.

You can also submit an information request using this online form: https://www.greenclimate.fund/about/disclosure/form.  Additionally, if information requested is denied, an appeal can be filed to the Information Appeals Panel: iap@gcfund.org.  You can learn more about the Information Appeals Panel at: https://www.greenclimate.fund/about/disclosure/appeals.

ACCOUNTABILITY MECHANISM OF GREEN CLIMATE FUND 

The Independent Redress Mechanism (IRM) addresses complaints by people who believe they are negatively affected or may be affected by projects or programmes funded by the Green Climate Fund (GCF). The complainant can raise issues related to any of GCF’s policies and procedures, including those relating to social and environmental issues, indigenous peoples, gender, and information disclosure, among others. If you submit a complaint to the IRM, it may seek to address the issues raised by facilitating problem solving or conducting a compliance process. You can learn more about the Independent Redress Mechanism and how to file a complaint at https://irm.greenclimate.fund/.

You can access a video about the IRM (English) at: https://youtu.be/1LanbriVhfs.

A brochure about the IRM can be accessed in English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Arabic, Mandarin, Mongolian, Vietnamese, Russian, Ukrainian, Korean, German, and Kiswahili at: https://irm.greenclimate.fund/.

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