Mozambique integrated the Southern African Power Pool (SAPP) at the time of its creation in 1995. At this time, only the utilities of nine of the twelve members (countries) were already interconnected, that is, Botswana, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Lesotho, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Swaziland, Zambia and Zimbabwe. The remaining member countries to connect were Angola, Malawi and Tanzania. Ensuring that all member countries are interconnected is a high priority for the SAPP and this is why, in the SAPP’s 2013 Annual Report, the Mozambique-Malawi Interconnection was identified as a high priority project.
On April 3rd, 2013, the Governments of Malawi and Mozambique signed a power interconnection agreement that includes two phases: (i) the construction of the Mozambique-Malawi 400 kV transmission line from the existing Matambo substation in Tete - Mozambique, to the projected Phombeya substation in Balaka - Malawi; and (ii) the construction of a second transmission line from Balaka - Malawi, to Nacala - Mozambique.
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