Our Last Mile Learning project has concluded in Mecúfi District, Cabo Delgado. The project aimed to sustain children’s access to education in communities where formal schooling is disrupted or difficult to reach.

The program combined facilitator training, literacy and numeracy materials adapted into local languages-Emakhuwa, Makonde, and Kimwani-learning kits, and recorded audio content broadcast through community radio, extending structured learning opportunities to vulnerable children affected by conflict, displacement, climate shocks, and school disruption.

Results at a glance:

• 30 facilitators trained in the Last Mile Learning approach, meeting 100% of the target;
• 8,000 learning kits distributed to children;
• 32,776 children and caregivers reached through community radio programming, reaching 163% of the original target of 20,000.

Preliminary learning outcome data recorded gains across several literacy and numeracy indicators, including improvements in reading, word formation, addition, subtraction, and multiplication.

According to the project’s implementation report, the results provide a strong foundation for continued investment in resilient education programming in Cabo Delgado, and reinforce the value of strengthening local capacity and coordination with education authorities to help communities protect children’s learning during future emergencies.

Last week, Mozambique LNG Foundation officially handed over the completed solar public lighting project in the city of Pemba.

The project included the supply and installation of 500 solar-powered public lighting poles, helping improve access to safer and more sustainable lighting in public areas across the city.

Last June 16 in Pemba, the Private Sector Partnership for Development (PSPD) held a presentation session, aimed at bringing local companies closer to the initiative and exploring ways to collaborate for the sustainable development of Cabo Delgado. The meeting brought together private-sector representatives from a range of industries, with 16 companies expressing their interest in joining the PSPD.

The PSPD is a voluntary platform that brings together private-sector companies and foundations to promote dialogue, coordination, and joint action around common development priorities. Its founding members include the Mozambique LNG Foundation, the Vodacom Foundation, ExxonMobil Mozambique, Limitada, Syrah Resources, and the  Reset Foundation (founded by Ferreira dos Santos family) , with the support of ThirdWay Partners, which acts as the partnership’s Secretariat.

Created out of a consensus on the need for greater coordination among private actors investing in northern Mozambique, the PSPD seeks to align efforts, avoid duplication, and increase the collective impact of development work. Education was identified as the first shared priority area, given its central role in driving economic growth, social inclusion, and long-term employability.

During the session, the PSPD’s 2026 Action Plan was presented, foreseeing interventions in 32 schools across 11 districts of Cabo Delgado, focused on three priority areas: access to water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH); electrification through solar systems; and improved digital connectivity, including internet access and computer rooms. The plan is the result of joint work developed with the Cabo Delgado Provincial Directorate of Education and represents a first step in demonstrating the potential of coordination among private actors around shared objectives.

With its opening to new members, the PSPD begins a new phase, seeking to consolidate an ever-broader network of partners committed to the sustainable development of Cabo Delgado, working closely with public institutions, communities, and other stakeholders.

EPA! continues in the districts of Balama and Namuno, bringing more young people the opportunity to turn energy into local development.

We remain as focused as ever on human capital development and economic diversification in Cabo Delgado, and on doing so hand in hand with the institutions that lead it.

Fifty solar water pumps with irrigation kits are now installed and operating in Cabo Delgado since the end of May this year. Twenty-five more will be installed over the coming month on June.

The figure, in isolation, may seem modest. Its significance lies in the context it sits within.

In Cabo Delgado, access to energy remains one of the principal constraints on rural development. Mozambique’s national electrification rate reached 60.1% in 2024 — 50.5% from the grid and 9.6% off-grid — but the province falls well short of that average, with coverage recorded at just 26.6% as of 2023. For farmers, this means manual irrigation, limited productivity, and a hard ceiling on what any given season can deliver.

In 2025, the Mozambique LNG Foundation launched an integrated renewable energy program in the districts of Balama, Montepuez, and Namuno, built around three components: solar home systems aimed at reaching 28,000 off-grid households; the installation of 50 solar energy systems in public facilities, primarily rural health centers; and the promotion of productive uses of energy — including solar irrigation and electric mobility for small businesses. A Mozambican energy services company has established itself in Cabo Delgado to provide long-term technical support and maintenance. Implementation is coordinated with provincial authorities and articulated with other ongoing development partner initiatives in the region.

The 50 pumps installed are part of the productive-use component. Each one means water on demand, reduced physical labor, and a tangible change in what a smallholding can grow and sell.

Renewable energy is not an end in itself. It is a structural enabler — of more effective services, stronger agriculture, and more resilient local economies across the province.

The Mozambique LNG Foundation has launched a three-year program designed to strengthen sustainable livelihoods and agricultural value chains in Cabo Delgado.

The initiative will directly support around 5,000 smallholder farmers, contributing to increased household incomes, improved food security and stronger connections between producers and stable markets. Through project activities, the program will also contribute to the creation of 85 local jobs.

The intervention combines access to inputs, technical assistance, producer organization and structured market linkages. It promotes commercially viable and climate-resilient agricultural value chains centered on cashew, sesame and honey, while supporting the production of sorghum and horticultural crops to reinforce household food security.

Activities include the production of 150,000 high-yielding cashew seedlings, access to certified sesame seeds, the expansion of beekeeping, and support to local agricultural processing. The program will also train 200 lead farmers and promote the economic inclusion of around 1,000 women, particularly in agricultural processing linked to cashew value addition.

With a local team of more than 85 employees, the program contributes to diversifying the rural economy by introducing new crops, strengthening complementary activities such as beekeeping, stimulating local processing and integrating producers into more reliable and structured markets while strengthening technical capacities and generating employment at the provincial level.

Cabo Delgado celebrated the graduation of 130 interns, marking the close of the MozYouth Internship Program 2024–2026, funded by the Mozambique LNG Foundation.

Over two years, the program benefited 500 young people — 60% of them women — across 11 districts of the province, offering paid professional internships in more than 100 partner companies and organizations. As a result, more than 50% of participants who completed their internship secured permanent employment or established independent sources of income.

Implemented by MozYouth, the program demonstrates how collaboration between the private sector, development organizations, and Government can create real opportunities for young people and drive local economic development.

This graduation marks an important milestone for the Foundation, reflecting its continued commitment to human capital development as a core pillar of its work in Cabo Delgado. Congratulations to all graduates, who today take an important step in their careers and in the future of Mozambique.

The Mozambique LNG Foundation, represented by Mr. Nurmomade Abdul Carimo, member of its Advisory Board, was honored with a Certificate of Recognition for its contributions to the province’s development priorities, awarded by the Provincial Executive Council through His Excellency, the Governor of Cabo Delgado, during an official ceremony, on February 24, 2026.

Held in the Provincial Capital, Pemba, the ceremony brought together representatives of public institutions, private sector companies, civil society organisations and development partners whose contributions supported the implementation of the Province’s plans and programmes throughout 2025.

In his address, the Governor emphasised the importance of partnerships in a context marked by significant challenges. Recognising the collective efforts of institutions working in the province, he stated:

“We wish to express our profound recognition for everything you have done to help maintain political, economic and social stability in the Province of Cabo Delgado, in a context of numerous challenges that we face, including terrorism, climate change and other hardships associated with poverty.”

The Governor further highlighted that, through the support of partners, the Province was able to expand and equip health facilities, build and furnish classrooms, develop water sources, assist displaced families with food supplies and agricultural inputs, strengthen institutional capacity, and reinforce community participation, transparency and good governance mechanisms.

Throughout 2025, the Foundation contributed to these provincial priorities through a portfolio of strategic interventions across human capital development and economic diversification. These included the rehabilitation and construction of schools serving thousands of students, the upgrade of health infrastructure, the installation of public solar lighting systems to improve safety and territorial connectivity, the reinforcement of agricultural value chains supporting thousands of smallholder farmers, and the operationalisation of the Fish Processing Unit in Mocímboa da Praia, strengthening the local fisheries value chain and generating employment opportunities.

This recognition represents an important institutional milestone as the Foundation closes its first year of activity.  It reflects the continued alignment of the Foundation’s programmes with provincial priorities and reinforces its commitment to working in close coordination with the Provincial Government and other partners to advance sustainable and inclusive development for the people of Cabo Delgado.

The Mozambique LNG Foundation marked a milestone in sustainable development in the province with the inauguration of a Fish Processing Unit on January 29. The event was attended by President Daniel Chapo and Patrick Pouyanné, CEO of TotalEnergies, operator of the Mozambique LNG Project.

The factory’s construction was financed by the Mozambique LNG Project, and its operation is funded by the Mozambique LNG Foundation. The unit represents a strategic investment to strengthen the local fishing sector. Equipped with state-of-the-art freezing technology and certified processing standards, it has a processing capacity of 90 tons per month.

This investment will directly benefit around 2,000 fishermen in a high-fishing activity area, generating over 70 local jobs, more stable incomes, and reduced waste. By supporting the growth of the fisheries value chain, it boosts the economy of Cabo Delgado’s coastal communities and generates sustainable revenue in the region.

The Mozambique LNG Foundation reaffirms its commitment to sustainable development in the region, creating real opportunities for local populations.