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AKDN’s activities in Mozambique are concentrated in Cabo Delgado, the northernmost, and poorest, province of Mozambique. The Aga Khan Foundation (AKF) supports three programmes in the province: the Coastal Rural Support Programme (CRSP(M)), the Entrepreneur Development Initiative (EDI), and the Bridges to the Future (B2F) programme.

CRSP(M) was initiated in 2001 as an integrated programme of activities in health, education and rural development. It is working in five districts of Cabo Delgado province (Quissanga, lbo, Meluco, Pemba Metuge, and Macomia) with the aim of increasing food security and income generation opportunities, as well as health and education, for rural households, particularly women.

Bridges to the Future (B2F) works to strengthen the human resources of the province. In 2006, it provides scholarships and facilitates internships. English language courses and management training are also being delivered.

The Aga Khan Agency for Microfinance (AKAM) works in concert with AKF’s activities in the same province. Its primary objective is to provide loans to microenterprises and small businesses for income generating activities such as small-scale agricultural, fishing, retail and industrial enterprises.

AKDN has also made investments in the tourism infrastructure, first through purchase of the Polana hotel in Maputo. The Aga Khan fund for Economic Development has made significant investments in the refurbishment of the historic hotel.

News Archives

Raising Rural Incomes While Revitalising Local Culture
01 February 2009 - The vast majority of AKF beneficiaries are small producers whose livelihoods depend on income from selling their crops or the products they make. Their incomes are strongly affected by factors such as the level of technical knowledge, physical distance to markets, uneven competition due to national and international trade policies, devastation of war and limits on productivity caused by environmental degradation.

Community Governance
20 January 2007 - Over the last 40 years, fostering the growth of transparent, democratically elected village organisations has been at the centre of the efforts of AKDN agencies, particularly in rural development. Their principles for setting up village organisations (VOs) are encompassed in the following guidelines, which are used in settings as diverse as India, Mozambique and Tajikistan.

Habitat Initiative in Mozambique
29 May 2009 - The Habitat Initiative in Cabo Delgado province, Mozambique, is working to enhance the quality of life of communities by empowering them to undertake significant improvements to their built environment, with a focus on building skills in improved ecological construction.

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