EMAK at Africa E-Mobility Week 2025: Driving the Future of Mobility in Africa
We are proud to share that EMAK joined forces in full force at the Africa E-Mobility Week (14-16 October 2025, Addis Ababa) and what a journey it was!
1600 km Ride & Drive
EMAK members Kabisa SPIRORoam hit the road departing Kenya and riding/driving all the way to Addis. This cross-country journey wasn’t just about distance but demonstrating a working commitment to mobility, connectivity, and sustainable transport across borders.
Workshop on Futures Literacy
Our Executive officer Elijah oduor and treasurer Steve Onyango [Econ, CPA, CISA, MBA] engaged in a futures Literacy workshop mapping out not just what mobility is today, but what it could be.
Panels on Key Themes
– Interoperability: how networks, infrastructure and vehicles work seamlessly across geographies.
– Carbon markets: understanding how mobility can integrate into carbon-finance mechanisms and support climate goals.
– Financing EVs: unlocking capital, structuring deals and creating sustainable business models for Africa’s mobility transition.
– Leap-frogging Africa: harnessing this continent’s unique opportunity to bypass traditional fossil-fuel systems and embrace zero-emission mobility from the outset.
Industry Tours
We visited leading e-mobility and transport-infrastructure sites gaining first-hand insight into manufacturing, supply-chain, charging-networks, fleet electrification and more. These tours reinforced what’s possible when innovation meets purpose.
Why This Matters
Africa is uniquely positioned to lead the next wave of mobility innovation not by simply replicating what’s been done elsewhere, but by leap-frogging legacy constraints and charting its own path. EMAK’s involvement at AEW is a signal:
1. we are actively working to shape that path.
2. Building partnerships across borders.
3. Learning and implementing in real time
4. Connecting policymakers, private-sector, financiers and local stakeholders in one ecosystem. From concept to road-ready solutions.
Thank you to GIZ KenyaDeutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH for facilitation, all the participants, organisers, panellists, hosts and fellow delegates who made AEW 2025 such a vibrant forum for collaboration. We look forward to bringing back the insights, partnerships and momentum to Kenya and beyond.
What’s Next for EMAK?
We’ll be translating the ideas, commitments and connections from AEW into concrete action. Expect:
-New pilot programmes in Kenya.
-Strengthened regional collaboration.
-Expanded work on policy, infrastructure, standardisation and carbon-financing for mobility.
-Continued outreach and engagement across industry, government, and civil society.
Together, we are shaping a future where clean, efficient, inclusive mobility powers Africa’s growth.
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