Mozambique: Energy Ministry Meets With Donors

Maputo — During the period 2005-2009, a further 40 of Mozambique's 128 district capitals were linked to the national electricity grid, bringing the number of Mozambicans with electricity in their homes to about four million, Energy Minister Salvador Namburete announced on Friday.

Speaking at the opening of the annual joint consultative meeting between his ministry and its international partners, Namburete said this has involved investment of about 3.6 billion meticais (just short of 100 million US dollars) a year, including 500 million meticais a year in electrifying unprofitable areas in order to induce development - something that a privately-owned electricity company would never do.

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