As stated by the AfDB, the development objective of the programme is to increase access to electricity for households and productive users in underserved and vulnerable provinces in Mozambique through improved power-sector governance and enhanced private-sector participation in the electricity market. More specifically, the programme aims to expand last-mile on-grid and off-grid access, reduce regional disparities in electricity access, strengthen financial and regulatory sustainability in the energy sector, and create a stronger framework for private investment in renewable and off-grid electricity services.

The Mozambique Energy for All Programme – Phase 2 (MEFA 2) is a results-based financing operation in Mozambique designed to expand electricity access in underserved and vulnerable provinces while strengthening power-sector governance and private-sector participation. The programme builds on the achievements of MEFA 1 and supports both on-grid last-mile electrification and off-grid solar mini-grid solutions. It includes four result areas: (i) increased on-grid access to electricity in underserved provinces, (ii) expanded off-grid electrification and community lighting, (iii) enhanced sector sustainability and private-sector participation, and (iv) governance, institutional strengthening and implementation support. MEFA 2 will finance household and productive-use connections, solar mini-grids with battery storage, MV and LV distribution lines, street lighting, and institutional reforms such as updating the National Electrification Strategy and National Off-Grid Master Plan, improving tariff and IPP frameworks, and strengthening sector institutions including EDM, MIREME, ARENE and FUNAE. The total programme cost is UA 25.13 million, financed through an ADF grant of UA 10.13 million and a Transition Support Facility Pillar I grant of UA 15 million. The executing agency is Electricidade de Moçambique (EDM).

The programme targets underserved and vulnerable provinces in Mozambique, particularly Zambézia, Nampula and Niassa for on-grid electrification, and remote communities in Lipúsia and Mbamba in Niassa and Pinda in Zambézia for mini-grid electrification. Direct beneficiaries include approximately 49,500 new grid-connected households, of which at least 20% will be vulnerable women-headed households, and 881 productive-use connections, including schools, health centres, public institutions and water supply systems. Through the off-grid component, the programme will provide around 1,150 additional household and productive-use mini-grid connections, with at least 20% women beneficiaries, supported by 410 kWp of solar capacity, 1,767 kWh of battery storage, 24 km of MV lines, 36 km of LV lines, and 5 km of street lighting. Overall, the programme is expected to benefit about 253,000 people. Additional beneficiaries include girls and young women supported through scholarships and apprenticeships in STEM fields, with a target of 100 female youth trained or placed, as well as 150 apprentices participating in electrification works. Institutional beneficiaries include EDM, MIREME, ARENE and FUNAE, which will benefit from improved planning, regulation, digital systems, risk management, and capacity building.

AfDB Team Leader:

Feliciano André Massingue
Email: f.massingue@afdb.org 

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