€178 Million Mozambique – EU Global Gateway Agreements to Boost Clean Energy, Digital Inclusion and Skills

During the Mozambique - EU Business Forum 2026 in Maputo, in June, the European Union and Mozambique signed four agreements worth EUR 178 million to strengthen their strategic partnership and boost investment in Mozambique’s sustainable transition. After the signing, the President of the Republic of Mozambique, Daniel Chapo, presided over the opening ceremony of the Forum, kicking off two days of dialogue and networking between government representatives, businesses, investors, and development partners in attendance.

Highlighting a strategic partnership for a shared future built on trust, shared ambition, and mutual prosperity interests, Gonçalo Matias, Minister of State Reform of the Portuguese Republic, representing the European Union, stated:

‘Today, as we launch this Forum, we reaffirm our determination to deepen this partnership built through the Global Gateway—Europe’s strategy to invest in resilient, sustainable, and high-quality infrastructure, connecting people, economies, and opportunities. This is the promise of Global Gateway—a promise of shared prosperity, sustainability, and solidarity.’

Promoting new partnerships under the EU Global Gateway

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The Mozambique - EU Business Forum on 9 - 10 June, as well as RENMOZ 2026 - the 5^th edition of the Renewable Energy Business Conference that took place on 11 - 12 June, positioned Mozambique as a key market for European partners. Both events are part of EU’s Global Gateway Strategy to step up public-private cooperation on sustainable development.  Through the new agreements, EUR 178 million in investments and capacity development in key Global Gateway sectors will help:

• Increase access to electricity (EUR 40 million)

• Accelerate the digital transition with a focus on increasing the participation of women in the digital economy (EUR 28 million)

• Support agricultural businesses and sustainable value chains (EUR 60 million)

• Ensure education and skills that prepare Mozambican students for the digital and sustainable future (EUR 50 million)

Speaking at the opening of the Forum Myriam Ferran, Deputy Director-General at the Directorate General for International Partnerships, underlined the ambition of Global Gateway, stating:

‘Global Gateway is Europe's offer to the world, and very much to Mozambique. It is our way of saying: we don't just want to talk about investment; we want to crowd it in.’

She further underlined the strategic nature of the initiative:

“We bring our public finance, our guarantees, our blended instruments, our technical assistance, and we use them to de-risk the projects that the private sector can then take forward at scale”

The Forum will also enable a deepening of trade relations, new investment partnerships, and new forms of cooperation among European and Mozambican stakeholders.  The two-day Forum will provide opportunities for members of the private sector to engage through business round tables, policy dialogues, panel discussions, workshops, and networking sessions.

About Global Gateway: 

Global Gateway is an EU initiative to narrow the global investment gap and meet global infrastructure development needs. It’s over 90 key projects worldwide boost smart, clean and secure development in the digital, energy, and transport sectors, while also strengthening health, education, and research systems. 

Media Contacts: delegation-mozambique-information@eeas.europa.eu