Mozambican President Filipe Nyusi has announced the inauguration of regional electricity interconnection between Mozambique and Malawi.
According to him, the two countries will become relevant actors in the Southern African Development Community (SADC).
Nyusi expressed this conviction in Matombo, in the western province of Tete, together with his Malawian counterpart Lazarus Chakwera.
He laid the first stone for constructing a 400 kilovolt (kV) transmission line through which Mozambique will supply Malawi with 50 megawatts of power.
The transmission line is budgeted at USD 62 million.
A second component of the project is the expansion of the Matambo sub-station, budgeted at USD 21 million, to guarantee the reliability of the power supply.
“In this way, we are strengthening the solid image of an economic bloc with more than 300 million consumers”, Nyusi said.
“These undertakings will benefit the development and the interests of our peoples”.
Source: energynewsafrica.com