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Mozambican Children and Youth Leading the Way in Climate Action
Velsoma CUMBANA | 18-10-2024
On August 22-23, 2024, Maputo became the stage of a movement for change during the Second official UN-endorsed national Local Conference of Children and Youth on Climate Change in Mozambique (LCOY-Mozambique). LCOYs are hosted every year in over 120 countries prior to the UN Conference of Parties (COP...
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Mozambique: Advancing National Climate Finance Mobilisation with our new Readiness Programme
Velsoma CUMBANA | 06-08-2024
In recent months, Mozambique has made significant strides towards strengthening its institutional capacities for mobilising climate finance. In two important events held in July 2024, crucial initiatives were launched to accelerate and expand the mobilisation of climate resources in the country. ...
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Strengthening health care financing: the public finance management transition in Mozambique
Velsoma CUMBANA | 26-03-2024
In the landscape of health service delivery, the management of public finances plays a crucial role. It is the invisible pipeline that ensures that resources flow to finance services, so communities and citizens receive the care they need. The efficiency and effectiveness of the provision...
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New hope arises for the inhabitants of Idugo Island in Mozambique, thanks to a solar powered grid
Alfredo MANDLATE | 23-02-2024
A major transformation will improve the quality of the life of the residentsLocated 72 kilometers from the village of Mocubela, a major transformation is taking place on the island of Idugo. The construction of the solar-powered mini grid will bring significant changes to the community and brighten...
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In Mozambique, the population of Muite expects electricity for the first time
Alfredo MANDLATE | 24-01-2024
“We waited for many years for electricity, and we never thought that we could one day have energy in our homes. With energy we will be able to have the opportunity to develop our village, as first we will have the houses and some streets surrounding the station's headquarters lit up, at the same ...
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Promoting Sustainable Agriculture for a Resilient Future in Mozambique
Velsoma CUMBANA | 24-01-2024
Around 500 sustainable irrigation systems will be installed this year in the provinces of Manica and Zambézia. This initiative is part of the cooperation between Enabel in Mozambique, the Mozambican government, iDE (International Development Enterprises), and various educational institutions, aiming...
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Empowering Mozambique's agriculture with solar irrigation
Akila MUNIR | 14-08-2023
By: Sophie TeyssierEnabel (Belgian Development Agency), in partnership with the National Energy Fund (FUNAE), have been implementing the second phase of the Renewable Energy Program for Rural Development (RERD2) since 2018. At the request of the Government of Mozambique, a solar irrigation component...
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Supporting mini grid development in Mozambique: planning and preparation are key to successful delivery
Akila MUNIR | 17-07-2023
The National Energy Fund (FUNAE) is responsible for providing energy access solutions to the (rural) areas which are far located from the national electricity grid in Mozambique. An important task, considering that the Mozambican government has set the target to realize universal energy access by...
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Promoting a ‘Training of Trainers' approach in the energy sector in Mozambique: lessons learned
Akila MUNIR | 15-05-2023
By Esra NURJA and Evert WAETERLOOS, Enabel MozambiqueMozambique is one of the countries most vulnerable to climate change (UNHCR, 2022). In recent years, the country suffered from more frequent and intense extreme weather events such as cyclones, tropical storms and floods. It is against this background...
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From water to energy: Digitalization and innovation go hand in hand in developing hydropower in Mozambique
Akila MUNIR | 06-12-2022
By: RERD2Energia para todos (Energy for All) The Mozambican government’s ambition is clear: Energia para todos. By 2030, all Mozambican households should have access to sustainable and affordable electricity. In 2019, however, the counter stood at only 29.6%. Mozambique, therefore, faces an ...
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Mobilising climate finance for the implementation of Mozambique’s Nationally Determined Contributions under the Paris Agreement
Akila MUNIR | 29-07-2022
By Simon De Clercq, Samuel Buvane and Adriaan TasSince Mozambique signed the Paris Agreement in 2016, the country has taken several steps towards combating climate change and building climate resilience. At COP26 in Glasgow in 2021, Mozambique launched its Updated Nationally Determined Contributions...
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Mozambique: Assessing differentiated energy access through the Multi-Tier Framework (MTF), a learning survey exercise
Akila MUNIR | 31-05-2022
Human welfare has always been closely linked to an appropriate provision of energy. However, in 2019, 600 million people in Sub-Saharan Africa did not have access to electricity and about 900 million people were lacking access to clean cooking energy (IEA, 2019). Mozambique is one of the countries...
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Support to gender mainstreaming in the promotion of sustainable access to energy in Mozambique: a training-of-trainers approach
Akila MUNIR | 08-03-2022
By Esra NURJA and Evert WAETERLOOS, Enabel Mozambique As part of Enabel’s support to the Mozambican Ministry of Mineral Resources and Energy (MIREME) and the Energy Regulatory Authority (ARENE), a study was commissioned to identify strategic entry points for gender mainstreaming in the promotion ...
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Towards National Junior Experts for the collection and analysis of data on the energy sector in Mozambique?
Akila MUNIR | 22-07-2021
The bilateral collaboration project between the Belgian and Mozambican government “Development of Capacity within the Ministry of Mineral Resources and Energy (MIREME) and the new regulator ARENE”, faces a persistent lack of qualified human resources in MIREME for energy data collection and analysis...
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Rural electrification in Mozambique: how to find the right villages?
Akila MUNIR | 03-06-2021
By: Antoine DE CLIPPELE & Riccardo DEL CITTOMozambique has abundant resources for generating clean, accessible and sustainable energy. In 2011, the United Nations launched the Sustainable Energy for All (SE4All) initiative to ensure universal access by 2030 to modern energy services, double ...