Building Visibility on Electric Bus Initiatives in Africa

This report from the Africa E-Mobility Alliance (AfEMA), commissioned by the Transformative Urban Mobility Initiative (TUMI) E-Bus mission, evaluates the state of electric bus (e-bus) adoption in Africa. We focus on ten countries: Cameroon, Egypt, Ethiopia, Kenya, Morocco, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, South Africa, and Uganda. The report highlights the current progress, challenges, and opportunities for e-bus deployment in Africa as of July 2024, and provides recommendations to foster the growth of the sector. The countries were selected on the basis of their progress toward e-bus electrification. They range from early-stage adoptee countries who have made strides in their adoption via policy incentives and regulatory tools, such as Ethiopia, and countries who are earlier in the adoption and making noticeable improvements on policy and investment attractiveness for local e-bus deployment, such as Uganda.