Road to Nairobi (17-22 Sept)

TRANS-AFRICA ELECTRIC HIGHWAY 4 (Addis Ababa - Nairobi 1600km)

Nordic-Africa EV Summit will hosted in Addis Ababa 14-16 September and followed by the Road to Nairobi 17-22 September.

The Road to Nairobi follow up expedition on the Addis Ababa–Nairobi corridor, to be launched immediately after the Nordic Africa EV Summit in Addis Ababa.

This same route made history in October 2025 with the successful completion of the Road to Addis, the first fully electric cross-border convoy between Nairobi and Addis Ababa. That journey proved that long-distance electric travel across East Africa is possible, even in the absence of mature charging networks.

Road to Nairobi builds directly on that achievement. As a continuation, to test infrastructure after one year, moving from proof of concept toward realisation, refinement, and scale.

WHY A SECOND JOURNEY

The Road to Addis demonstrated that long-distance electric travel across East Africa is possible, even without mature charging networks.

After that journey, the public and private sectors were given one year to respond by developing infrastructure, improving grid access, and aligning border processes.

Road to Nairobi tests whether those responses have materialised.