A delegation consisting of about 45 Japanese business people from various sectors of the Japanese economy visited the Cahora Bassa hydro-electric dam on 29 January, with the purposes of understanding the current stage of operation of the company and possible business opportunities. The delegation was accompanied by the Mozambican Ambassador to Japan, Belmiro Malate, and his counterpart in Mozambique, Susuma Segawa, and other members of the Japanese government. This visit to Cahora Bassa was part of a business trip to Mozambique between 28 January and 1 February.

At midnight on 31 December 2009, Hidroeléctrica de Cahora Bassa (HCB) reached an annual production of electricity of 16,574,150.00 Megawatt/hours. This number set a new annual production record for this Mozambican company.

At 21.30 on 16 December 2009, HCB had surpassed the annual production of 15,846,580.00 Megawatt/hours, set in 2007, the year in which the Mozambican state took majority ownership of the company.

Hidroeléctrica de Cahora Bassa, S. A (HCB), on 18 December, at the headquarters of the association of Mozambican Writers (AEMO), gave the country’s writers an early Xmas present. Representing the chairperson of the HCB Board of Directors, Dr Paulo Muxanga, board member Dr. Manuel Tomé informed the participants and guests who had come to AEMO to witness the ceremony delivering the José Craveirinha Literature Prize, that the "period for attributing the prize will become biennial, that the prize money will rise from 5,000 to 25,000 US dollars, and that it will be awarded for the career of a writer, rather then for a work”. This news pleased the audience.