This article covers India's development partnership with Mozambique: concessional lines of credit and the projects built under them, grant projects, health and humanitarian assistance, scholarships and training, and cooperation in defence, health, agriculture and renewable energy. Its source is the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) bilateral brief of March 2026.

Lines of credit

According to the MEA brief of March 2026, India's support for Mozambique's development agenda has become an important priority in recent years. Most of this assistance has been provided through concessional Lines of Credit (LOC) implemented through EXIM Bank of India.

The brief lists the areas in which projects under these LoCs have supported Mozambique:

  • provision of drinking water
  • improving power generation and distribution
  • improving agricultural productivity
  • rehabilitation of irrigation infrastructure
  • creation of an Information Technology Park
  • construction of an assembly plant for solar cells
  • rehabilitation of road networks
  • construction of housing units
  • railway equipment

Under a LOC of USD 149.72 million, Afcons is undertaking the construction of the Tica-Buzi and Nova-Sofala roads in central Mozambique. Under a LOC of USD 95 million, RITES has supplied Made in India railway rolling stock, including locomotives, wagons and coaches.

During his visit in April 2023, External Affairs Minister Dr. S. Jaishankar took a short ride on a Made in India train from Maputo to Machava with the Mozambican Transport Minister. He also virtually inaugurated the Buzi bridge, constructed under a concessional line of credit.

Grant projects

In February 2022, India and Mozambique signed a MoU for implementation of a Drinking Water Project in the Mueda District under Government of India grant assistance of USD 10 million. The brief also states that the Macomia Health Centre in northern Mozambique is being rehabilitated by India and UNDP.

Health assistance

India's health assistance to Mozambique recorded in the brief includes:

  • In September 2020, India handed over 13 essential medicines worth 22 million Meticais to combat and prevent the COVID-19 pandemic.
  • In March 2021, India donated 100,000 doses of Covishield vaccine and supplied over 1 million doses under the COVAX programme.
  • In June 2022, India donated a Covid-19 assistance package of PPE kits and face masks, besides 2 Mahindra SUVs for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

The Government of India, with Shree Bhagwan Mahaveer Viklang Sahayta Samiti and the Mozambican Ministry of Health, organised a Free Artificial Limb Fitment Camp at the Central Hospital in Maputo from 24 June to 6 August 2025. Minister of State for External Affairs Shri Kirti Vardhan Singh inaugurated the Jaipur Foot Camp with the Health Minister, and it provided artificial limbs to 1230 beneficiaries. Another Jaipur Foot free artificial limb camp, sponsored by private Indian companies, was held in Nampula in northern Mozambique for 500 beneficiaries in November and December 2025.

In June 2025, the Government of India announced a gift of medicines and equipment to Mozambique. The first tranche, brought by ICGS Sachet, was handed over to the Mozambican Minister of Health in Maputo in October 2025. The second tranche of medicines was handed over to the Ministry of Health in January 2026, and the last tranche of 86 MT of medicines in March 2026.

The first meeting of the JWG on Health and Medicine was held in New Delhi on 25 October 2013. Mozambique's Health Minister visited India in September 2016.

Humanitarian assistance and disaster relief

After Cyclone IDAI in March 2019, the Government of India deployed three Indian Naval Ships to provide Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief (HADR) to affected people in the Beira province. In December 2021, INS Kesari delivered a consignment of 500 MT of rice.

Following floods in southern Mozambique in January 2026, the Government of India announced a donation of 500 MT of rice, medicine and essential relief material. INS Trikand delivered essential relief material and medicine on 27 March 2026. As of the brief, the rice had been dispatched from India and was expected to arrive in Maputo in April 2026.

The High Commission, Indian companies and Indian nationals also donated for people affected by the floods. According to the brief, essential food and clothing items were distributed to about 200 families in Maputo, and relief reached about 300 flood-affected families in Marracuene. Essential food items were delivered to Xai Xai and distributed for about 70 families in Moamba and about 36 families in Sabie.

Scholarships and training

The brief describes scholarships and training opportunities in India as the most visible and appreciated form of development partnership India extends to Mozambique. In 2026, the Government of India allotted 117 scholarship slots to Mozambican students to pursue Undergraduate & Postgraduate studies and PhD courses in India.

The Government of India also sponsors about 100 short-term training courses every year for Mozambican nationals. The brief states that these courses are fully funded by India and have helped improve human resources in Mozambique.

Defence cooperation

India's Raksha Mantri visited Mozambique in July 2019, and Mozambique's Defence Minister visited India in November 2019 and October 2022. The 4th meeting of the Joint Defence Working Group was held in New Delhi on 25 April 2023, with the Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of National Defence of Mozambique leading the delegation.

The Government of India gifted the Fast Interceptor Boat Umbelozi to the Mozambique Navy. Secretary (Economic Relations) Shri Dammu Ravi visited the boat in January 2025.

Agriculture and renewable energy

The brief notes that the JWGs on Agricultural Cooperation (MOU signed in 2017) and New and Renewable Energy (MOU signed in 2015) are yet to be convened.