The Governments of Sweden and Norway will disburse US$35.5 million for the second phase of the Mozambican government’s “Energy for All” program, indicates a joint statement released a few days ago.
“In this second phase, 400,000 new connections will be made via the National Electricity Grid (on-grid) and another 90,000 via isolated systems (off-grid), giving access to sustainable energy to a total of 2.2 million people,” the statement said.
According to Lusa, the amount will be disbursed in light of an agreement signed with the World Bank, which has supported the government program launched in 2018 to intensify access to energy in Mozambique.
“For this phase, Norway and Sweden will contribute US$17.27 million and US$17.48 million, respectively. This funding is in addition to the amounts made available in Phase I, bringing the total funding from the two Nordic countries to the ‘Energy For All’ program to about US$64.32 million,” the document said.
The agreements for the new funding were signed in Maputo by the ambassadors of Norway, Haakon Gram-Johannessen, and Sweden, Mette Sunnergren, in the presence of Mozambique’s Minister of Mineral Resources and Energy, Carlos Zacarias.
With information from Forbes