Lucy Wambui
Kihonge

Advancing gender equity, disability inclusion and human rights across Africa's public-transport and electric-mobility systems.

Lucy Wambui Kihonge is a Gender and Human Rights Specialist with more than seven years of experience advancing the inclusion of vulnerable and marginalised communities in development. She is Head of Programmes for Gender, Diversity and Social Inclusion at Flone Initiative.

Lucy has extensive experience in movement and alliance building within the transport sector. She leads the Women in Transport Movement, the Women in E-Mobility Network and the Moving Barriers Technical Working Group.

These initiatives promote gender and disability inclusion throughout public transport, helping women, persons with disabilities and other underserved groups participate more fully in mobility systems and the wider transport economy.

As a technical expert in policy formulation, Lucy has supported county governments in Kenya to develop policies and frameworks for safer, more accessible and more inclusive public transport. Her work links grassroots movements with institutional reform and practical action.

At the Africa EV Summit 2026 in Addis Ababa, she joins Driving an Inclusive E-Mobility Transition to help place gender equity, accessibility and social inclusion at the centre of Africa's electric-mobility transformation.