“We used to receive water only twice a day but this changed with the adoption of another system that does not only depend of electricity, we now receive water 24 hours a day”, Female SWS client.

In July 2021 Shine Water & Serviços, secured a MZN850,000.00 (approximately USD13,500.00) loan to install a solar system for the supply of drinking water to 100 customers in FAO/Nhumbane community, Marracuene district of Maputo province. This was through the BCI credit line fund implemented by United Nations Industrial Development Organization- UNIDO, BCI bank, and FUNAE under the Towards Sustainable Energy for all in Mozambique (TSE4ALLM) project with funding from the Global Environment Facility (GEF)

In the past the company solely depended on a water supply system powered by the utility grid which often resulted in various challenges including limited supply of water caused by frequent disruptions of electricity supply, high operational costs, and equipment failures caused by the instability of the electrical grid.

“We used to receive water only twice a day but this changed with the adoption of another system that does not only depend of electricity, we now receive water 24 hours a day”, Female SWS client.

The installation process of the water supply system entailed, the placement of a submersible solar powered pump that extracts water stored in deposits of 10,000litre tanks in towers with an elevation of 12 meters high, which is subsquently distributed to consumers.

Besides supplying water to households, the Shine Water solar powered water supply system expanded its reach to cover health centres, schools, construction brick laying sites, and subsistence horticultural gardens. According to community members, most residents of FAO/Nhumbane locality (90% women) depend on the income generated from the selling of vegetables and fruits produced from their subsistence gardens and reliable 24 hours per day water supply is necessary for increased productivity, and thus more income generation

Shine Water & Serviços LDA, continues to remain at the forefront in providing a reliable solution to the water supply related challenges that the of FAO/Nhumbane community faces. “In a month’s period we shall have a fully-fledged solar powered water supply system installed and more clients accessing water 24 hours a day” Mr. Aly Mussagy- CEO Shine Water, LDA

The company’s clientele has grown from 20 in January to 50 customers currently, with an average consumption of 500.00 meticais that corresponds to an average monthly revenue of 25,000.00 meticais. It is hoped that water will be supplied to more 50 house holds in the coming 6 months.

"We use biogas for heating the poultry houses, and for cooking. We have chicken and agricultural waste that can be used for biogas production but unfortunately there is limited knowledge and capacity to use this type of energy"- Mr Rui Gomes, Owner, Frangos de Mahubo

Above: The Frangos de Mahubo Agropecuaria Lda biogas plant of is composed of 3 biodigesters (reactors), and each one has a total volume of 15m3, adding up to a total of 45m3

In January 2022, Frangos de Mahubo Agropecuaria Lda became yet another entity to receive funding in the ambit of the BCI SUPER credit scheme for financing renewable energy productive activities, managed by BCI and implemented by UNIDO and FUNAE with the financial support of the Global Environment Facility (GEF)

Frangos de Mahubo Agropecuaria Lda, located in Boane district, Maputo province has the largest biogás plant in the province and is engaged in various productive activities like poultry, fish farming, and the selling of eggs. “We use biogas for warming the poultry house, and cooking. We use manure as a co-substrate for biogas production but unfortunately, there is limited knowledge and capacity to use this kind of energy”-Mr. Rui Gomes, General Director, Frangos de Mahubo

Frangos de Mahubo is major reference not only in Boane but in Maputo province as a whole. The company boosts livelihoods for several community members directly and indirectly. ” We have 11 permanent and 7 casual workers, which means 18 families supportes all together. We offer 20 litres of purified drinking water per family every week” said Mr.Rui Gomes speaking of the benefits of the company to the community. “We have a program known as CARIL DA MAMA which offers farm produce like eggs, chicken parts, and liver at lower prices and this way contributing to food security in the locality” added Mr. Gomes

Despite the benefits the company offers to the Boane locality of over 20,000 people, the energy produced is not sufficient for the smooth operation all the productive activities. Poultry farming is increasingly dependent on energy consumption for its maintenance and development, because the entire productivity of the sector is linked to electricity, and has a series of steps, which include ventilation, lighting, refrigeration, slaughtering, and cooling which need large amounts of electricity.

The poultry farm’s activities require intensive use of energy for the heating, processing and preservation systems of the product. To ensure the availability of energy 24 hours a day, the company has in the past installed a fossil fuel-based energy generation system which makes the business unsustainable

Whereas Frangos de Mahubo already uses renewable energy in its operations, that is biogas produced using chicken waste, there is an increase in demand for electricity in the company during summer when temperatures reach 41 degrees. The electricity demands of the company can barely be met by biogas alone. Therefore, an excellent alternative to improve energy costs in poultry farming is the adoption of solar energy to complement the already existing biodigestor, hence reducing spending on energy input by 100%.

In January 2022, Frangos de Mahubo Agropecuaria Lda became yet another entity to receive funding in the ambit of the BCI SUPER credit scheme managed by BCI and implemented by UNIDO and FUNAE with the financial support of the Global Environment Facility (GEF). The funds will be used for the installation of a solar photovoltaic system of 50 kW, with the possibility of expansion in the future

“We intend to install a solar system in order to reduce up to 60% the operational costs with energy, expand and improve our water supply network, which will naturally increase the operational capacity from the current 20 customers to 100 customers and from the current 15.00 hours to 20.00 hours per day of water supply” Aly Cassimo- Administrator

Shine Water & Serviços, Lda has secured a MZN850,000.00 (approximately USD13,500.00) loan to install a solar system for the supply of drinking water to 100 customers in FAO/Nhumbane community, Marracuene district of Maputo province. The company is the first recipient of the BCI credit line worth 1M USD fund implemented by United Nations Industrial Development Organization- UNIDO, BCI bank, and FUNAE under the Towards Sustainable Energy for All in Mozambique project with funding from the Global Environment Facility (GEF)

Located in the greater Maputo region that experiences seasonal water scarcity due to a persistent drought since 2015, Shine Water, intends to replace the electrical water supply system with a complete solar system to ensure the pumping of water for storage and distribution.
Currently the company has about 20 customers with an average daily consumption of 500.00 meticais that corresponds to an average monthly revenue of 10,000.00 meticais. This project has a total estimated cost of MZN1,135,000.00 and it will combine the loan from the credit line with investment contributions that will be made by Sheine Water

Once up and running, the solar powered water supply system will benefit 100 people in Nhumbane community, Marracuene district and increase the Sheine Water’s monthly revenue from 10,000 to 50,000 Meticais

“We intend to install a solar system in order to reduce up to 60% the operational costs with energy, expand and improve our water supply network, which will naturally increase the operational capacity from the current 20 customers to 100 customers and from the current 15.00 hours to 20.00 hours per day of water supply” Aly Cassimo- Administrator

With the recently disbursed BCI SUPER credit line fund, Shine Water will be able to implement a project that will, ensure increased access to water supply services to households; increase the capacity to store water in acceptable quantities to ensure that families have water at all times; increase the number of project beneficiaries; and ensure the reduction of electricity costs as the water supply powered by the solar system will be more affordable compared to the electric system.

“The installation process of the water supply system entails, placement of a submersible solar powered pump that extracts water stored in deposits of 10,000litre tanks in towers with an elevation of 12 meters high, which is distributed to consumers” - Benedito Júlio Pinto, Solar technology Supplier.

The BCI SUPER Credit Line for the financing of renewable energy systems for productive uses was launched in April 2021. The fund is the first of the kind in Mozambique allowing Small and Medium size Enterprises, Individual Entrepreneurs, Associations, Cooperatives, NGOs to access funds with attractive conditions including a fixed annual interest rate of 7.5%. Entities interested in benefiting from this funding can express their interest through the project website www.tse4allm.org.mz

The UNIDO representative in Mozambique, Jaime Comiche remarked that “in the last two years UNIDO has worked tirelessly with BCI and FUNAE, to bring to the market a financial mechanism that drives the adoption of integrated renewable energy systems, promoting in in particular: solar systems for the agricultural value chains; solar systems for productive use in the commercial sector; and systems for transforming organic waste and biogas ”. He also referred to the adversities that hit the country, namely the cyclones Idai and Kenneth, the COVID-19 pandemic, and the outbreaks of insecurity in the Central and Northern part of the country. “In the face of such adversities, the relevance of this financial mechanism has become even more reinforced. It has become more urgent to supplement the resilience and adaptability of local communities and SMEs to short-term adversities to protect livelihoods, food security and jobs. The BCI SUPER Credit Line thus becomes part of the response to the socioeconomic impact of COVID-19, and of the ‘building back better’ strategy supported by the UN Secretary-General, ”said Mr. Jaime Comiche.

Speaking at the virtual event,  FUNAE's President, António Saíde, affirmed that the energy fund is engaged in implementing the government's vision of universal access to energy by 2030 within the framework of the Energy for All Program. He urged that “there is an urgent need to transform the means of social inclusion into a means of economic inclusion, that is, to seek the productive use of energy for all”.

Representing the government, the National Director of Energy, Pascoal Bacela, affirmed the launch of the guarantee fund as a great contribution in the construction of the sustainability base for the service of supplying energy to all consumers on a national scale. He stressed that the promotion of the productive use of energy is imperative in the electrification process, emphasizing that this happens at different scales. "The sustainable use of energy happens at different levels, at the micro level, it helps SMEs to create jobs. At the macro level, it is the basis of all development activities, such as education, health, agro-processing, etal. Therefore, we encourage all SMEs and NGOs to embrace the BCI SUPER Credit line " said Mr. Bacela at official launch of the guarantee fund, CREDITO SUPER.

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