Bringing Africa to
the leading European EV Summit
Oslo, 4-7 May 2026
The Nordic Africa EV Summit is a working platform connecting Africa’s electric mobility transition with Nordic leadership in transport, energy systems, and battery energy storage. Through twin-city convenings in the Nordics and Africa, the Summit brings together governments, utilities, fleet operators, financiers, and technology providers to move electric mobility from pilots to scalable deployment. With a focus on trade corridors, public transport, fleet electrification, and storage-backed charging infrastructure, the Summit aligns policy, investment, and real-world implementation to enable reliable, low-carbon transport systems even where grids are constrained.
Upcoming
Official signing of the partnership
between the Royal Norwegian Embassy in Addis Ababa and the Ethiopian Ministry of Transport and Logistics for the Nordic Africa EV Summit
— March 2026Speakers
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Christina Bu
General Secretary
Norwegian EV Association (NO)
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Bareo Hassen
State Minister
Ministry of Transport and Logistics, Ethiopia
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Eng. Eric Ntagengerwa
Head of e-Mobility Division
African Union
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Warren Ondanje
CEO
Africa E-Mobility Alliance (AfEMA) (KE)
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Hosaena A. Samuel
Co-Founder and CEO
Eazy Power Plc (ET)
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Hezbon Mose
Kenya Country Director
Ampersand
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Hiten Parmar
CEO
the electric MISSION (SA)
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Stuart Minnaar
Founder & Managing Partner
MobilityX Africa (SA)
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Solveig Tangen
CEO
Norwegian African Business Association NABA
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Herman Kwoba
Transport and Climate Change Project Officer
GIZ
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Julia Poliscanova
Senior Director Vehicles and E-mobility
Transport & Environment (LV)
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Julia Pallé
Vice President Sustainability
Formula E (GB)
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Johan Mild
CEO
Plugit Finland (FI)
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Natalie Becker-Aakervik
Co-Founder
Thought Leader
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Nicholas Hu
Co-founder
Kabisa
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Bent Vistisen
Board Member
Base2Charge (DK)
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Marie Carlsson
VP
Volvo Trucks (SE)
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Einar Kleppe Holthe
Founder
Natural State
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Bernard Chiira
CEO
Assistive Technologies For Disability Trust (KE)
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Douglas Injugu
Business Consultant
(KE)
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Bjørn Utgård
Chairman
Utgard AS (NO)
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Frode Kjos
Thought Leader
in Mobility and Transport (NO)
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Verena Knoell
Advisor for E-mobility and Vehicle Efficiency
GIZ
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Mikkel Becker-Aakervik
Co-Founder
Thought Leader
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*Selected Speakers for the Nordic-Africa EV Summit & the Nordic EV Summit in Oslo 4-7 May.
THEMATICS
Unconstrained Charging
In many African markets, charging demand will outpace grid upgrades. This pillar looks at how storage-backed charging infrastructure and BESS enable high-power, reliable charging without waiting for grid expansion, and how Nordic technologies and financing structures can accelerate rollout for fleets and corridors.
Heavy-Duty Electrification
Electrifying buses, commercial fleets and transport corridors offers Africa the fastest route to scale and impact. This pillar focuses on heavy-duty deployment models, showcasing how Nordic vehicle platforms, charging solutions and operational expertise can support reliable, high-utilisation transport systems across cities and regions.
Policy Enabler
The focus is on the regulatory, public transport and market structures that shape investment decisions, highlighting how Nordic experience in regulation, public procurement and public–private partnership models can support African governments and cities in creating predictable, investable conditions for long-term electrification.
Grid Readiness
Africa’s electric mobility rollout will be limited by grid capacity unless power systems evolve in parallel. This pillar examines how grid planning, renewable integration and system resilience can enable EV deployment at scale, drawing on Nordic experience in building robust, flexible power systems suited for long-term growth.
WHY AFRICA NOW?
Africa’s electric mobility market is moving decisively from pilots to platforms, and faster than many expected. More than 200 e-mobility companies are already active across the continent, leading markets are projected to reach meaningful EV penetration well before 2030, and large-scale deployments are underway, from electric BRT fleets in Dakar and Addis Ababa to rapid two-wheeler electrification backed by nine-figure investment rounds. Global OEMs are accelerating entry, with major manufacturers expanding aggressively across Southern and Eastern Africa. Together, these signals point to a structural shift. The next phase of growth will be defined by actors who can integrate grid readiness, battery energy storage–enabled charging, enabling policy, and heavy-duty fleet deployment into bankable, scalable systems that can operate reliably at corridor and city scale.