The district of Muidumbe, in the northern Mozambican province of Cabo Delgado, was on Friday linked to the national electricity grid by the publicly-owned electricity company, EDM.The connection of Muidumbe to the grid is part of a larger project to spread the network across Cabo Delgado province. This part of the project consisted of the construction of 70 kilometres of 33kV power cables and two transformer stations.The electrification of Muidumbe will result in the linking of 232 new clients to the grid, including the district hospital, school, and local government offices.After Muidumbe work will continue with electrifying the district of Nangade and the villages of Auasse, Mbua, Diaca and Miteda.The electrification of Muidumbe brings to 101 the total number of districts electrified out of the country’s 128 districts.On 31 March Quissanga, also in Cabo Delgado, became the 100th district to be linked to the grid.