SESA Webinar III Increasing access to financing for e-mobility deployment 

E-mobility development is garnering momentum across the world. In Africa, this sector is relatively new but has enormous potentials for the transformation of the transport sector to sustainable ways and can help achieve climate change and mitigation objectives at continental and global levels. Whilst countries and cities in Africa are building ambitions and initiatives to drive this transformation, several impediments or challenges are in the way of achieving these goals. The challenges range from inadequate e-mobility charging infrastructure, non-supportive policies, and low technical capacity in the field, to financial and economic challenges considering that electric vehicles acquisitions come at high upfront costs. The need to progressively surmount these challenges is increasingly becoming a pre-requisite to drive transport electrification in Africa and this will include putting in the necessary policies and actions to incentivize the sector to boost adoption. In this webinar, we will focus on the essence to increase financial support to the sector and discuss the role of different stakeholders including local governments, financial institutions, international organisations and local e-mobility innovators in facilitating access to financing for the deployment of e-mobility. The webinar brings together speakers and representatives of local governments, international organisations, financial experts and industry players who are involved in innovative e-mobility solutions.