Mobilising climate investment for Mozambique's Energy Transition
2025
Mozambique is driving the long-term transformation of its energy and transport sectors, boosting sustainable economic growth, improving energy access, and contributing to global climate objectives.
The country’s Energy Transition Strategy (ETS) was developed to guide this journey, grounded in Mozambique’s renewable resources and its strategic position.
In partnership with the Government of Mozambique (GoM), Growth Gateway has defined the national energy transition vision and structured 14 implementation programmes. Analysis covered energy pathways and their socio-economic and environmental impacts, alongside the identification and prioritisation of investment ready projects across energy and transport and initial engagements with investors and funders.
Key Critical Mineral Highlights
Project Pipeline
11
Priority projects identified from 90+ individual projects
Investment Value
£850
Est. investment value of the 11 prioritised opportunity areas
Investor Engagement
50+
Investors and developers engaged on priority project opportunities
Building on this opportunity, Growth Gateway partnered with the Government of Mozambique to drive execution and funding mobilisation of priority projects in the latest phase of work. The initiative defined these projects through techno-economic modelling, engaged investors to mobilise funds, prepared guidance on project financing & delivery models, and built capacity by establishing governance structures, creating roadmaps for ongoing funder engagement, and developing digital monitoring tools.
Support Provided
Developed An Energy Transition Strategy (ETS) Across Four Key Pillars
The ETS was designed to leverage Mozambique’s energy resources, maximise economic potential, ensure energy self-sufficiency, and balance GHG emission management with development needs. International net-zero strategies were reviewed, with over 50 interviews conducted and pathways analysed to address energy supply and socio-economic goals challenges. The ETS has four key pillars with 14 underlying programmes:
- Modern energy system based on renewable energy sources
- Green Industrialisation
- Universal access to modern energies
- Adoption of clean energy for transport
Identified Priority Projects To Drive Climate & Socio-economic Impact
This included detailing the financial & development impact of key projects, prioritised mainly based on potential CO2 reduction, job creation and improvement of critical infrastructure or energy access.
11 projects were identified across three sub-sectors:
- On-grid power: Mobilising investment across the electricity grid
- Off-grid power: Catalysing investments into wind and hydro mini-grids
- Transport: Decarbonising transport and developing the biofuels value chain
Mobilising Investment & Building Capacity For Sustained Progress [ongoing]
Over 50 investors and developers engaged in discussions, with tangible benefits post initial engagement:
- 1:1s held with 12 high-priority investors/developers based on interest expressed during initial engagements
- Key insights regarding investor areas-of-interest collected using Verint survey tool and shared with GoM
- Key learnings from engagements collated, covering preparation, process transparency, and GoM alignment
To ensure momentum continues, capacity was built with mul-tiple tools & working sessions to allow GoM to take this forward:
- Future investor/developer engagement materials & roadmaps, and packs to address investor concerns
- Comprehensive COP30 event mapping (incl. bilateral engagements strategy)
- New demand estimation approach
- Monitoring team structure, process and digital tool
Impact Achieved
ETS unveiled at COP28
£850M+ Investment opportunity identified across 11 projects for three sectors
50+ Investors & developers engaged
on priority projects
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