From Rapid Progress to Universal Access
Mozambique has reached a turning point in its energy transition. Electricity access has nearly doubled since 2018, rising from 31 percent to 60.1 percent in 2024, one of the fastest rates of progress on the continent. Reaching universal access by 2030 will mean sustaining that pace: an additional 4.9 million connections, close to 423,000 on-grid and 435,000 off-grid every year.
The Government has set this goal through its Energia Para Todos (Energy for All) programme and now holds the data and least-cost pathway to pursue it. We are supporting the Ministry of Mineral Resources and Energy (MIREME) to plan and deliver the next stage, across electrification, clean cooking and the productive use of renewable energy.
As a Mission 300 country, Mozambique has endorsed a National Energy Compact built on the Energia Para Todos programme.
Our Projects
We provided hands-on technical assistance to MIREME’s Integrated Planning and Electrification Coordination Unit (UIPCE) to develop Mozambique’s Integrated Energy Access Plan, a geospatial, least-cost roadmap to universal access. The Plan:
• Maps the 4.9 million connections needed by 2030, split across on-grid, mini-grid and solar home systems
• Sets the pathway to raise clean cooking access from 17% to 54% by 2030
• Identifies priority productive uses of energy, including cooling and irrigation
We provide secretariat and capacity-building support to help MIREME establish an inter-ministerial working group on clean cooking, strengthening the policy dialogue needed to prepare for large-scale deployment.
With GOGLA and Enabel, we are designing a PURE pilot to serve as a proof of concept for larger programmes. This work informs our role as a technical partner in the $50 million Green Climate Fund mini-grid and PURE programme led by FUNAE and Enabel, where we are developing the methods to factor climate vulnerability into site selection. We will bring our results-based finance expertise to help FUNAE deliver a full PURE grant facility for off-grid communities and are scaling support for productive uses in agriculture and fisheries.
Why is our work with Mozambique important?
Mozambique has shown what is possible when national ambition drives the energy transition. Our role is to help the Government sustain that momentum: turning a least-cost plan into connections on the ground, pairing electrification with clean cooking and ensuring new connections power real economic activity. By strengthening the Government’s own planning unit, we help build capacity that outlasts any single project.
