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ADDIS ABABA, 14-16 Sept 2026
Monday 14 Sept
Addis Ababa Program | 14 – 16 Sept
Industry Tour
Participants will visit key infrastructure and industry sites to gain first-hand insight into Ethiopia’s emerging electric mobility ecosystem, including charging infrastructure, fleet operations, and local industry initiatives.
TUESDAY 15 Sept
DAY 1
Power Systems & Charging Infrastructure
Exploring how reliable power systems, charging infrastructure, battery storage, renewable integration, and corridor charging can support scalable electric mobility deployment across African markets.
Transport Corridors & Heavy-Duty Electrification
Focusing on the electrification of buses, freight, logistics fleets, mining transport, and regional corridors, while examining infrastructure, charging systems, and cross-border transport strategies.
Standards, Policy & Continental Coordination
Examining interoperability, charging standards, regulatory frameworks, public procurement, and policy harmonisation, alongside the implementation of the African Union EV framework.
Connectivity, Digital Infrastructure & User Experience
Looking at how telecom infrastructure, digital payments, software platforms, roaming systems, smart charging, and data ecosystems can enable seamless mobility experiences across cities and borders.
Financing the Transition
Bringing together development finance institutions, climate finance actors, infrastructure funds, and private investors to explore financing models supporting scalable electric mobility ecosystems across Africa.
Wednesday 16 sept
DAY 2
Power Systems & Charging Infrastructure
Exploring how reliable power systems, charging infrastructure, battery storage, renewable integration, and corridor charging can support scalable electric mobility deployment across African markets.
Transport Corridors & Heavy-Duty Electrification
Focusing on the electrification of buses, freight, logistics fleets, mining transport, and regional corridors, while examining infrastructure, charging systems, and cross-border transport strategies.
Standards, Policy & Continental Coordination
Examining interoperability, charging standards, regulatory frameworks, public procurement, and policy harmonisation, alongside the implementation of the African Union EV framework.
Connectivity, Digital Infrastructure & User Experience
Looking at how telecom infrastructure, digital payments, software platforms, roaming systems, smart charging, and data ecosystems can enable seamless mobility experiences across cities and borders.
Financing the Transition
Bringing together development finance institutions, climate finance actors, infrastructure funds, and private investors to explore financing models supporting scalable electric mobility ecosystems across Africa.
*Detailed program and speakers to be released
THursday 17 - Monday 21 Sept
Road to Nairobi
TRANS-AFRICA ELECTRIC HIGHWAY 4 (Addis Ababa - Nairobi 1600km)
The Africa EV Summit (Addis Ababa) will followed by the Road to Nairobi expedition. This same route made history in October 2025 with the successful completion of the Road to Addis, the first fully electric cross-border convoy between Nairobi and Addis Ababa. That journey proved that long-distance electric travel across East Africa is possible, even in the absence of mature charging networks.
Road to Nairobi builds directly on that achievement. As a continuation, to test infrastructure after one year, moving from proof of concept toward realisation, refinement, and scale.
WHY A SECOND JOURNEY
The Road to Addis demonstrated that long-distance electric travel across East Africa is possible, even without mature charging networks. After that journey, the public and private sectors were given one year to respond by developing infrastructure, improving grid access, and aligning border processes. Road to Nairobi tests whether those responses have materialised.
Tuesday 22 Sept
Nairobi Forum
Following the arrival of the Road to Nairobi, the Nairobi Forum convenes key stakeholders to engage with one of Africa’s leading electric mobility markets. Kenya has positioned itself at the forefront of e-mobility adoption, with strong momentum across electric buses, motorcycles, and charging infrastructure. This makes Nairobi a critical point of engagement for understanding how electric mobility is developing at scale in the African context.
The forum brings European and International stakeholders into direct dialogue with Kenyan and regional actors across policy, industry, and energy systems. Together with insights from Ethiopia, this creates a broader perspective on how electric mobility is evolving across the continent.
THEMATICS
POWER SYSTEMS & CHARGING INFRASTRUCTURE
Africa’s electric mobility rollout depends on reliable power and scalable charging infrastructure. This thematic explores grid readiness, battery storage, renewable integration, corridor charging, and resilient infrastructure models supporting long-term electrification.
TRANSPORT CORRIDORS & HEAVY-DUTY ELECTRIFICATION
Electrifying buses, freight, logistics fleets, mining transport, and regional corridors presents one of the largest opportunities for scalable impact across Africa. This thematic focuses on infrastructure, charging systems, vehicle platforms, and cross-border transport strategies.
CONNECTIVITY, DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE & USER EXPERIENCE
As charging networks expand, seamless connectivity becomes increasingly important. This thematic explores telecom infrastructure, roaming systems, digital payments, smart charging, and software platforms enabling interoperable mobility experiences across cities and borders.
STANDARDS, POLICY & CONTINENTAL COORDINATION
Scalable deployment requires stronger alignment around standards, regulation, and technical frameworks. This thematic focuses on interoperability, charging standards, policy harmonisation, and how the African Union EV framework can support coordinated continental growth.
FINANCING THE TRANSITION
Africa’s e-mobility ecosystem is attracting growing interest from development finance institutions, climate finance actors, and private investors. This thematic explores blended finance, catalytic capital, fleet financing, and investment models supporting long-term ecosystem development.
About the Addis Ababa Summit
14–16 September 2026 | Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
The Addis Ababa edition of the Africa EV Summit brings together African and European leaders across policy, industry, energy, finance, and transport to advance the next phase of electric mobility across the continent.
Hosted in one of Africa’s most dynamic and fast-evolving mobility markets, the summit focuses on moving from pilot projects to scalable, bankable systems. Through high-level dialogue, industry engagement, and site visits, participants will explore how electric mobility can be deployed across cities, transport corridors, and regional trade networks.
The programme is designed to connect decision-makers with practical opportunities, aligning policy, infrastructure, energy systems, and investment to enable real implementation.
As part of the broader Africa EV Summit platform, the Addis Ababa convening serves as a working arena for partnership and execution, supporting long-term collaboration between European and African actors and contributing to the development of coordinated market frameworks for electric mobility across Africa.