Pemba, Mozambique, Sept. 2, 2025 (Lusa) - TotalEnergies will provide US$10 million (€8.4 million) for development projects in the Mozambican province of Cabo Delgado, which has been plagued by extremist attacks, through the Northern Integrated Development Agency (ADIN), it has been announced.
"We want to contribute, through the ADIN, to the government's efforts to stabilise the lives and well-being of the communities. The signing of this memorandum with ADIN marks our desire to strengthen and extend the work underway, through a more global strategy," said TotalEnergies' representative in Mozambique, Maxime Rabilloud, quoted on Monday in a statement from ADIN.
According to the representative, the French multinational wants the communities of Palma and Mocímboa da Praia to be able to continue to benefit from the opportunities created by the Mozambique LNG Project, operated by TotalEnergies, which, however, has been suspended for four years due to the terrorist attacks.
"The programme includes, in the infrastructure component, the development of basic infrastructure such as tertiary roads in paving and earthworks with the aim of helping to improve the mobility of the population and the flow of production to potential local markets," the statement said.
In terms of agriculture, TotalEnergies' funding provides for the development of agricultural cooperatives, contributing to increased production, processing and connections with markets, "with significant impacts on boosting local employment, especially for the benefit of the young population," it adds.
According to ADIN, the project will support local economic actors to boost the correct management of environmental preservation areas, contributing to "sustainable and job-inducing" development and helping to preserve biodiversity.
The focus will be on "climate shocks and adverse factors" and "the community resilience component includes initiatives to support local economic ecosystems to enable humanitarian aid and support for social cohesion initiatives", it adds.
On 14 July, the Mozambican government guaranteed that the conditions are in place for the resumption of the Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) megaproject in Cabo Delgado, following a meeting between the President, Daniel Chapo, and the leader of TotalEnergies.
Patrick Pouyanné previously announced the possibility of resuming the US$20 billion (€17.3 billion) megaproject by August and several subcontractors are receiving instructions to prepare to return to work on the Afungi peninsula in Cabo Delgado, far north Mozambique, which was suspended four years ago due to terrorist attacks.
TotalEnergies, leader of the Area 1 consortium, is developing the construction of a plant in Afungi, near Palma in Cabo Delgado, for the production and export of Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG).
The multinational has a 26.5 % stake in this project, aimed mainly at clients in Asia, along with Mozambican partners and Japan's Mitsui (20%).
Mozambique has three development projects approved to exploit the natural gas reserves of the Rovuma basin, classified among the largest in the world, off the coast of Cabo Delgado.
Since October 2017, the gas-rich province has been facing an armed rebellion with attacks claimed by movements associated with the extremist group Islamic State, which have caused more than a million displaced people, including 349 deaths in 2024 alone, according to data from the Africa Center for Strategic Studies, an academic institution of the US Department of Defence that analyses conflicts in Africa.
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