ABSTRACT
Africa is vulnerable to climate change because of the highest recorded neonatal death rate due to air pollution. At the same time, the transport industry’s carbon emissions have increased the greenhouse gas footprint. As a result, there is a move away from a fossil-energy-dominated transport industry towards an equitable, clean, and sustainable mobility ecosystem built in local micro-factories in Africa. Electric vehicles present an opportunity for decarbonisation. Nonetheless, it will be impossible to reach 100% zero emissions in transport by 2040 in Africa and accelerate the journey to net zero transportation due to barriers such as lack of incentives, finance, unavailability of public charging infrastructure, skilled labour force, and high import taxes. This chapter discusses case studies in Africa regarding the role of electric vehicle infrastructure, electricity accessibility, barriers, and opportunities to transit to net zero in the transport sector. African governments must invest heavily in new infrastructure to produce clean energy and electric mobility to transition to net zero transportation.
