HEAVY-DUTY ELECTRIFICATION
Heavy-duty electrification is foundational to Africa’s electric mobility transition and offers the fastest path to scale and system-level impact. As transport demand grows across cities, logistics chains and trade corridors, buses, trucks and commercial fleets will lead electrification due to their high utilisation, predictable routes and centralised operations.
Africa’s rollout will be fleet-led, anchored in electric buses, municipal fleets, ports and freight corridors that require reliable performance, rapid deployment and operational certainty at scale.
Electrifying heavy-duty transport delivers immediate emissions reductions, lower operating costs and improved service quality, while creating the continent’s first bankable EV use cases. The Nordic Africa EV Summit places heavy-duty electrification at the center by connecting Nordic vehicle platforms, charging solutions and operational expertise with African transport authorities, fleet operators and investors, enabling the move from pilots to scalable systems.
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.