AGP Executive Report

Water Security & WASH: WaterAid warns Mozambique could lose water-sector funds and investments if rural WASH systems keep failing due to weak maintenance and technical capacity, urging sustainability from the project design stage. Local Development & Climate-Resilient Infrastructure: President Daniel Chapo launched the $250m MozCommunity project for 56 districts in Cabo Delgado, Nampula and Niassa, targeting schools, health facilities, water supply, jobs, cash transfers and climate-resilient infrastructure. Water Governance Finance: Mozambique’s Water Revolving Fund push continues, with officials arguing the installment model helps low-income households connect to water while calling for stronger, transparent national rollout. Flood Recovery & Risk Planning: Chapo urged Gaza’s new governor to prioritise reconstruction of flood-damaged infrastructure and to plan for future shocks, including El Niño impacts. Regional Water Cooperation: Mozambique, Malawi and Tanzania signed a landmark agreement to strengthen coordinated governance of the shared Ruvuma/Rovuma River Basin, linking water management to biodiversity, fisheries and livelihoods. Wildlife Management Debate: Eswatini joined regional talks on Mozambique’s proposed selective wildlife culling framework to manage human-wildlife conflict while protecting ecological balance. Conservation & Natural Capital: The AfDB approved a $4.23m grant to integrate natural capital into development financing across 13 countries, including Mozambique, aiming to improve policy, statistics and institutions.

Water & Flood Resilience (Mozambique): Mozambique’s President Daniel Chapo urged Gaza’s new governor to prioritise reconstruction of flood-damaged social and economic infrastructure, while also pushing local solutions to mitigate future floods and prepare for El Niño impacts. Transboundary Water Governance: Malawi, Mozambique and Tanzania signed a deal to strengthen coordinated management of the shared Ruvuma/Rovuma River Basin, aiming to protect water supplies, agriculture, fisheries and biodiversity across borders. Water Access Finance (Mozambique): Mozambique’s Water Revolving Fund expansion strategy was presented as a way to help low-income households connect to water through instalments, with a push for transparent, standardised rollout. Education & Community Infrastructure (Mozambique): Maputo Port Development Company disbursed 67 million meticais for a secondary school in Moamba district, including water supply and sanitation facilities. Wildlife Management (Regional): Eswatini joined regional talks on Mozambique’s proposed selective wildlife culling framework, framed as a response to human-wildlife conflict while protecting ecological balance. Conservation & Biodiversity (Regional): World Lion Day coverage highlighted shrinking lion ranges and population pressures, with Mozambique mentioned among countries holding smaller numbers. Natural Capital in Development (Regional): AfDB’s African Development Fund approved a $4.23m grant to integrate natural capital into development financing across 13 countries, including Mozambique. Energy & Climate Risk (Regional): A major solar boost in Malawi (10MW Salima plant) was commissioned, with Mozambique–Malawi power links cited as part of the wider grid diversification push.

Mozambique–Malawi–Tanzania Water Governance: Mozambique signed onto a new regional commission to coordinate management of the shared Ruvuma/Rovuma River Basin, aiming to turn water into a tool for regional integration, peace and sustainable development. Flood Recovery and El Niño Preparedness: Mozambique’s Gaza province governor was urged to prioritise reconstruction of flood-damaged social and economic infrastructure and to plan local solutions to mitigate future floods linked to El Niño. Water Access Financing: Mozambique’s Water Revolving Fund push continues, with officials stressing phased national expansion so low-income households can connect to water through instalments, backed by clearer responsibilities and transparent procedures. Conservation and Wildlife Conflict: Eswatini joined regional talks on Mozambique’s proposed selective wildlife culling in protected areas, framed as a way to reduce human-wildlife conflict while keeping ecological balance and benefiting communities. Energy and Grid Resilience: Malawi commissioned a 10MW Salima Nanjoka solar plant as part of broader diversification, with Mozambique–Malawi interconnection supply expected to help ease demand pressure. Regional Trade Simplification: SADC moved to simplify border procedures under its Simplified Trade Regime, targeting lower costs and fewer barriers for small-scale traders, including across Mozambique’s borders. Biodiversity Spotlight: World Lion Day highlighted shrinking lion ranges and declining populations, with Mozambique mentioned among countries holding smaller lion numbers.

Groundwater Mapping for Climate Resilience: Mozambique is among 13 countries in an AfDB-linked push to integrate natural capital into development finance, with a $4.23m grant (Oct 2026–Sep 2029) aimed at better policy, statistics and institutions—while a separate Africa-wide groundwater mapping effort highlights how safer, science-based aquifer use can buffer drought and extreme rainfall. Water Access in Mozambique: Mozambique is urged to keep investing in its Water Revolving Fund, which helps low-income households connect to water via installment payments, moving from pilot to national scale with standardized roles and procedures. Flood Reconstruction Priority: President Daniel Chapo tells Gaza’s new governor to put reconstruction of flood-damaged social and economic infrastructure first, and to plan for future floods and El Niño impacts. Education and Water Infrastructure: Maputo Port Development Company disbursed 67m meticais for a secondary school in Moamba (with water supply and sanitation), aiming to cut long travel distances for students. Blue Economy Governance: The AU’s Luanda Declaration strengthens Africa’s blue economy agenda, linking conservation, accountability and action against illegal fishing—citing Mozambique’s fisheries monitoring centre as a regional milestone. Trade Facilitation: SADC moves to simplify border procedures under its Simplified Trade Regime, with Mozambique among member states—targeting lower costs and fewer barriers for small-scale traders.

Blue Economy & Fisheries Governance: The AU’s Luanda Declaration, adopted at Africa Blue Economy Week in Angola, pushes stronger governance, investment and accountability for ocean-based growth, with a clear link to climate resilience and action against illegal fishing; it also spotlights Mozambique’s role in SADC’s push to tackle illegal fishing through a newly inaugurated Fisheries Monitoring, Control and Surveillance Coordination Centre. Floods, Hunger & Recovery: Mozambique is still grappling with a “second disaster” after late-2025 to early-2026 floods—families in Gaza’s Xai-Xai lost wells, livestock and gardens, and now face rising food prices and hunger as recovery drags on. Energy Access & Resilience: A Mozambique university has inaugurated a solar-powered data centre to improve research and connectivity, while wider regional reporting flags how electricity gaps and fuel-price shocks can quickly ripple into livelihoods and development. Climate, Food Systems & Accountability: Malawi’s AGRA@20 push calls for ending fragmented agricultural aid and moving toward commercialization and accountability—an approach that resonates across the region as climate shocks deepen food insecurity. Digital Health & Youth SRHR: Right to Play’s SHARE project reports gains in adolescent sexual and reproductive health knowledge and service uptake in Ghana, Mozambique and Uganda. Tech-Enabled Violence Watch: NAPTIP warns that technology-facilitated sexual and gender-based violence is rising, urging stronger coordination and survivor support.

Floods and Hunger in Mozambique: Months after late-2025 floods, families in Gaza’s Xai-Xai are still stuck in a second crisis—lost wells, livestock and gardens have turned survival into hunger, with food prices rising and recovery dragging on. Climate-Resilient Agriculture Support: Italy and Mozambique’s education ministry delivered supplies and equipment to the flood-hit Chókwè Agricultural Institute in Gaza, backing students and practical training for agricultural technicians after dormitories, classrooms and production areas were damaged. Solar Power for Research and Connectivity: Eduardo Mondlane University (UEM) inaugurated a solar-powered data centre to improve interoperability, research capacity and administrative connectivity, replacing older infrastructure. Land Preservation and Sustainable Development: Malawi’s Umthetho Cultural Festival in Mzimba put land, forests and sustainable development at the centre of Ngoni heritage celebrations, linking community unity with conservation. Energy and Infrastructure Links Across the Region: A new AfDB-funded road programme in Eswatini is set to cut transport costs and travel times and is projected to raise trade volumes with South Africa and Mozambique by 5%. Digital Health and Rights (Mozambique in focus): Right to Play’s SHARE project reports gains in adolescent sexual and reproductive health knowledge and service uptake, with the programme operating in Ghana, Mozambique and Uganda.

Flood recovery and hunger: In Gaza’s Xai-Xai, families still face a “second disaster” after late-2025 floods destroyed wells, livestock and gardens, pushing up food prices and deepening hunger. Climate and agriculture resilience: Italy-backed support is helping repair flood-hit training capacity at Mozambique’s Chókwè Agricultural Institute in Gaza, restoring dorms, classrooms and equipment for future agricultural technicians. Energy and development: Mozambique’s Eduardo Mondlane University has inaugurated a solar-powered data centre to improve research and connectivity. Regional energy security: A looming “gas cliff” in South Africa highlights how declining Mozambique gas from Pande-Temane could ripple into industry and jobs. Biodiversity and heritage research: Tanzania’s wildlife authority is calling for scientific studies at a Ngorongoro fossil site, linking conservation with potential heritage and tourism value. Gender and inclusion: Across Africa, leaders urged governments to fund gender-friendly laws so women’s enterprise and land rights translate into real outcomes. Land preservation theme: Malawi’s Umthetho festival in Mzimba puts land, forests and sustainable development at the centre of community conservation.

Flood recovery and hunger in Mozambique: In Gaza’s Xai-Xai, families say the floods of late 2025/early 2026 didn’t just destroy crops and wells—they triggered a second crisis of hunger as food prices rose and livelihoods collapsed. Climate-linked education resilience: Mozambique’s Chókwè Agricultural Institute in Gaza received Italian-backed supplies and equipment after January floods damaged dorms, classrooms and farm areas, aiming to keep training for agricultural technicians on track. Energy and research infrastructure: Eduardo Mondlane University inaugurated a solar-powered data centre to improve research capacity and connectivity. Regional conservation science: Tanzania’s wildlife authority is calling for studies of newly found fossils in Ngorongoro, linking heritage research to conservation and tourism potential. Gender and inclusion push: Across Africa, leaders urged governments to fund gender-friendly laws so women’s land, health and enterprise policies can actually work.

Floods to hunger in Mozambique: Gaza’s Xai-Xai families are facing a “second disaster” after late-2025 floods destroyed wells, livestock and gardens, pushing up food prices and leaving households unable to recover through farming. Climate-smart energy and data: Mozambique’s Eduardo Mondlane University opened a solar-powered data centre, replacing older systems with climate control, monitoring and security to strengthen research and connectivity. Agriculture hit by water stress: Chókwè’s Agricultural Institute received Italian support after January floods damaged dorms, classrooms and equipment, while in Zimbabwe’s Maunganidze irrigation scheme, silted rivers and failing boreholes have left 30ha idle—an echo of how water shocks derail food production. Regional energy pressure: South Africa’s electricity generation fell for the 13th straight year, underscoring why Mozambique’s gas and power plans matter for investment and resilience. Gas-for-industry push: Ministers at Africa50/Infra for Africa urged using natural gas to power industry and jobs, not just export raw fuel.

Floods and hunger in Mozambique: In Gaza’s Xai-Xai, families who survived late-2025 floods now face a second disaster—hunger—as wells, livestock and gardens were destroyed and food prices jumped. Climate-linked recovery support: Mozambique and Italian cooperation delivered supplies and equipment to the Chókwè Agricultural Institute in Gaza after flood damage, backing students training as agricultural technicians. Energy and investment push: Mozambique’s Finance Minister Carla Louveira says the country’s natural gas, renewables and critical minerals are key to attracting investment, while aiming for universal electricity access by 2030 and expanding gas use for domestic needs and electric vehicles. Regional energy policy: At the Africa50/Infra for Africa forum in Dar es Salaam, leaders urged cross-border energy infrastructure and using gas to power industry and create jobs instead of exporting raw fuel. Digital and environmental stewardship: Pope Leo XIV urged Catholic communicators to use digital platforms for human dignity and environmental well-being during SIGNIS’s Africa congress in Kigali.

Flood Recovery & Skills: Mozambique and Italian cooperation delivered supplies and equipment to students at the Chókwè Agricultural Institute in Gaza after January floods damaged dorms, classrooms and training farms, supporting 466 students and protecting technical agricultural education. Energy Transition & Investment: Mozambique’s Finance Minister Carla Louveira says the country’s natural gas, renewables and critical minerals are key to attracting investment, while pushing universal electricity access by 2030 and expanding gas use for domestic and transport needs. Regional Infrastructure Finance: African leaders at the Infra for Africa Forum and Africa50 meeting in Dar es Salaam urged a shift to domestic resource mobilisation to close a $100bn annual infrastructure gap, with policy consistency and self-reliance framed as essential for delivery. Cross-Border Power & Gas Value: Tanzania called for stronger cross-border energy links to speed AfCFTA and industrialisation, while Mozambique, Nigeria and Senegal urged using gas to power industries and create jobs instead of exporting raw fuel. Climate-Resilient Farming: A new chickpea variety is being piloted in Zambia, Malawi and Mozambique to help farmers cope with failing cereal yields, using less nitrogen and improving nutrition and incomes. Conservation & Community: Community conservation in Mozambique is highlighted as turning local challenges into lasting change, linking environmental protection with livelihoods.

Natural Gas for Industry Push: Mozambique’s Finance Minister Carla Louveira told the Africa50/Infra for Africa meeting in Dar es Salaam that Africa must stop exporting raw gas and instead use it for power, jobs and value addition—while also expanding electricity access to 2030 and diversifying the energy mix. Energy Investment Signal: The same forum heard calls for policy stability and new financing models to unlock long-term infrastructure and energy investment across the region. Community Conservation in Mozambique: In Vilankulo, ParCo’s community-led approach is scaling from beach cleanups into fisheries, recycling, education and biodiversity work—showing how local ownership can tackle plastic pollution and poaching. Protected Areas Funding: Peace Parks Foundation says it will invest $23m this year in four Mozambican parks (Maputo, Banhine, Limpopo, Zinave) and connectivity areas in the Great Limpopo complex, including translocating hundreds of animals. Blue Economy Governance: The Luanda Declaration boosts Africa’s blue economy agenda with stronger governance, investment and accountability, linking it to action against illegal fishing and better inclusion of women, youth and local communities. Wildlife & Disease Watch: A new study flags fish-killing pathogens (columnaris-causing Flavobacterium) in Brazil, underlining the need for closer aquaculture disease surveillance. Food Resilience via Seeds: A chickpea variety trial across Zambia, Malawi and Mozambique is framed as a climate-resilience boost—requiring less nitrogen and supporting nutrition and incomes.

Regional Migration & Xenophobia: A debate is set for SADC’s 17 August Durban summit as South Africa’s anti-migrant protests, vigilante violence and mass repatriations strain regional solidarity, with calls for coordinated action that tackles root economic pressures and moves beyond diplomatic friction. AIDS Funding & Rights Backlash: A new warning says the global AIDS response is being undermined by deep programme funding cuts alongside an organised anti-rights, anti-gender political push—at a moment when progress still depends on reaching key populations. Food Security & Climate Resilience: Malawi’s healthy-diet costs have surged, making nutritious food unaffordable for most people, while southern Africa is also testing a new chickpea variety aimed at climate resilience and lower nitrogen needs. Mozambique Conservation & Biodiversity: Peace Parks Foundation plans to invest $23m this year in four Mozambican national parks, including translocating hundreds of animals to restore populations and strengthen conservation connectivity. Blue Economy & Illegal Fishing: The AU’s Luanda Declaration pushes blue economy governance and investment, linking to Mozambique’s fisheries monitoring efforts to curb illegal fishing through better regional coordination. Mozambique Food Imports Pressure: Mozambique still relies heavily on imported cereals, with deficits in rice and wheat and finance constraints limiting domestic production and expansion.

Conservation & Wildlife: Peace Parks Foundation will invest $23m this year to support four Mozambican national parks—Maputo, Banhine, Limpopo and Zinave—and strengthen ecological connectivity in the Great Limpopo Transfrontier Conservation Area, including translocating 418 animals from Maputo to Banhine and planning further introductions like giraffes later in 2026. Trade & Investment: Mozambique’s business umbrella CTA and the Texas-Africa Chamber of Commerce (TXACC) signed an MoU to boost Mozambique–US trade and attract investment, targeting sectors from energy, oil and gas, renewables and infrastructure to agriculture, manufacturing and IT, with support for MSMEs and public-private cooperation. Natural Capital Finance: The African Development Fund approved $4.23m for a multi-country push to integrate natural capital into development financing and decision-making, including Mozambique, with implementation planned from Oct 2026 to Sep 2029. Digital Infrastructure & Energy Use: Eduardo Mondlane University (UEM) inaugurated a new data centre in Maputo with solar power as a primary energy source and environmental monitoring, aiming to improve connectivity and support research and management systems. Governance & Party Discipline: Anamola opened an internal investigation into a political dispute involving alleged members after a viral incident with members of the Mozambique Democratic Movement (MDM), warning against violence and intimidation.

Mozambique Food Security: Mozambique spends about $700m a year importing cereals as rice and wheat production fall short, with flood damage to Gaza’s Wanbao rice plant worsening supply; the government is pushing higher production and a 20,000-tonne strategic reserve, but analysts point to finance and investment constraints as the real bottleneck. Mozambique Water Governance: Mozambique, Tanzania and Malawi have signed an agreement to create the Ruvuma River Basin Commission, aiming for shared water management with joint hydrological and environmental data, water-quality monitoring and early warning for droughts and floods. Mozambique Blue Economy & Illegal Fishing: The Luanda Declaration boosts Africa’s blue economy push, stressing governance, investment and accountability, and links to Mozambique’s role in SADC’s fisheries monitoring, control and surveillance efforts against illegal fishing. Mozambique Research & Climate Tech: Eduardo Mondlane University in Maputo inaugurated a new data centre with solar power and environmental monitoring, framing it as a step toward digital capacity and sustainability goals. Regional Climate & Health: A lecture warns climate change is already driving infectious disease spread, linking extreme weather to rising malaria, dengue and chikungunya risks. Regional Food & Climate Resilience: UN FAO says global hunger is falling, but Africa still lags, with conflict, aid cuts and climate shocks blamed for slow progress.

Mozambique’s Water Security: Mozambique, Tanzania and Malawi signed an agreement to establish the Ruvuma River Basin Commission, aiming to manage shared water resources with joint hydrological and environmental data sharing, water-quality monitoring and early warning for droughts and floods. Mozambique’s Digital Push: Eduardo Mondlane University (UEM) in Maputo inaugurated a new data centre with solar power, precision climate control, environmental monitoring and security upgrades, alongside work to set AI use guidelines. Cabo Delgado Peace & Resilience: A new UNDP-supported project backed by Japan and Mozambique will promote peace, social cohesion and conflict prevention in Cabo Delgado, targeting 16,000 people affected by terrorism and earlier cyclone impacts. Climate-Health Link: A Wits expert warned that climate change is already driving infectious disease spread, citing how extreme weather can trigger malaria surges beyond usual zones. Regional Conservation & Wildlife Conflict: A Zimbabwe conservation group highlighted community “guardian” approaches to reduce lion conflict as habitats shrink and predators move into farming areas. Food Systems & Jobs: Coverage across the region points to agribusiness as a major job engine, with cashew value-chain training in Mombasa including participants from Mozambique.