Bringing Africa to
the leading European EV Summit
Oslo, 4-7 May 2026
Oslo Programme | 3–7 May | Hosted at the Nordic EV Summit
The Oslo programme convenes African decision-makers and Nordic industry leaders for four focused days of working sessions, system learning, and high-level engagement at Europe’s leading e-mobility event, the Nordic EV Summit. The objective is clear: connect Africa’s accelerating EV transition with Nordic experience in large-scale deployment, grid integration, and market design.
Sunday 3 May – Arrival
Delegates arrive in Oslo. Informal welcome and coordination.
Monday 4 May – Nordic–Africa Working Session
A closed, full-day interactive workshop placing African market realities at the centre.
Key themes include fleet electrification, charging infrastructure, battery energy storage, grid readiness, policy frameworks, financing models, and corridor development.
Nordic companies, utilities, policymakers, and knowledge institutions engage directly with African stakeholders to identify concrete barriers, solution areas, and partnership pathways. The session is structured to move from dialogue to actionable outcomes. - Optional stakeholder dinner in the evening.
Tuesday 5 May – Norwegian EV Industry Tour
A curated full-day tour of Norway’s world-leading EV ecosystem, where 97% of new car sales are fully electric.
Delegates experience first-hand large-scale charging networks, public–private cooperation models, grid integration, fleet electrification solutions, and innovation environments that enabled mass adoption. The focus is on transferable system lessons for African markets.
Optional Nordic EV Summit pre-launch event in the evening.
Wednesday 6 May – Nordic EV Summit | Africa Focus
Participation in Day One of the Nordic EV Summit.
• Africa-focused side session highlighting market momentum, heavy-duty electrification, storage-backed charging, and enabling policy.
• Africa engagement space within the expo area presenting outcomes from Monday’s workshop in a visual and interactive format, inviting over 1,000 summit participants to connect, exchange, and initiate collaboration.
Optional limited-capacity electric boat networking experience on the Oslofjord.
Thursday 7 May – High-Level Engagement & Consolidation
Final day at the Nordic EV Summit with bilateral meetings, strategic dialogues, and networking to consolidate partnerships and prepare structured follow-up toward the Addis Ababa convening.
Optional 8–10 May – Leisure & Relationship Building
Curated optional programme in the Oslo region, combining informal dialogue with the experience of Norway in spring.
This four-day Oslo programme positions the Nordic Africa EV Summit as a working platform embedded within Europe’s most important e-mobility arena — designed to accelerate practical collaboration between African markets and Nordic system leaders.
THEMATICS
Unconstrained Charging
Heavy-Duty Electrification
Policy Enabler
Grid Readiness
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.
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.
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.
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.