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Mozambique’s Cahora Bassa to upgrade, expand business base

FurtherAfrica by FurtherAfrica
December 6, 2017
in Africa, Economy, Energy, Finance, Government, Infrastructure, Mozambique
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Mozambican power utility pledges to clear its US$50m debt for Cahora Bassa

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Mozambican company Cahora Bassa Hydroelectric (HCB) will use the money from the sale of part of its shares for the replacement and upgrading of equipment as well as expanding its business base, the company said.

HCB indicated its intended use of the proceeds of its share sell-off at a press conference on the details of the placing of 7.5 percent of the Mozambican state’s shares in the venture, announced by Mozambican President Filipe Nyusi.

President Nyusi announced that the Mozambican state would sell 7.5 percent of its 92.5 percent Cahora Bassa stake on the Mozambican stock market (BVM), in order to allow Mozambicans to enter the venture. The sale will leave the Mozambican state owning 85 percent of the dam, with Portugal’s Redes Energéticas Nacionais (REN) continuing to hold 7.5 percent.

“The amount raised by the shares’ sale will be put to several uses, the immediate priority being the replacement and modernisation of the existing generators,” HCB financial manager Manuel Gameiro said.

Some HCB equipment has been in use for 40 years and needs replacement or refurbishment, he said. HCB is expected to place 7.5 percent of its shares on the Mozambique Stock Exchange (BVM) within four to five months, and anticipates strong demand for the securities because of its robustness, Gamerio said.

“There are legal, economic and market requirements that make it difficult or premature at this stage to pinpoint an exact date, but what we are estimating, based on similar processes, is that it takes about four to five months,” he said.

Addressing expected demand, Gameiro said: “HCB is currently a unique company in the energy sector, with a strong balance sheet and positive financial returns year after year. It is also virtually free of debt.”

He would not however be drawn on an expected share price.

“At this moment, we are in the first stage of this process, which is the structuring of the operation, where we will determine the prices and the conditions of allocation of shares,” said Gamerio.

Source: The Herald

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