CPCS to shape Africa E-Mobility Week 2025 agenda
As strategic partner, CPCS will help deliver an impactful Africa E-Mobility Week 2025 (AEW2025), organized by the Africa E-Mobility Alliance and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), in partnership with the Ethiopia’s Ministry of Transport and Logistics.
“Electric mobility in Africa is gaining speed, and as a leading transport and infrastructure advisor, CPCS will use its deep expertise, pan-African reach, and extensive field experience to help shape the agenda and conversations for the Africa E-Mobility Forum and AEW2025,” says Jean-François Arsenault, co-CEO of CPCS.
Summary
- When and where? The Africa E-Mobility Forum, as part of AEW2025, will take place in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, from September 16 to 18, 2025.
- What is AEW2025? Over 500 stakeholders ranging from ministers, regulators, development partners, and experts gather to learn, discover, but also discuss policy and investment opportunities to accelerate the transition to sustainable electric mobility.
- Who is CPCS? CPCS works extensively in Africa across the transportation and energy sectors, supporting electric mobility and infrastructure development as advisors to governments and private sector stakeholders on rail, transit, buses, ports, transactions, public-private partnerships, and financing matters.
Joining forces for Africa E-Mobility Week 2025
The Africa E-Mobility Alliance (AfEMA) and global infrastructure advisory firm CPCS have signed a strategic Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to co-develop programming for AEW2025.
In 2025, AfEMA and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) have partnered to co-host the Africa E-Mobility Forum, which will serve as the high-level policy anchor of AEW2025. The event will take place from September 16 to 18, 2025 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, and is expected to convene over 500 stakeholders from government, private sector, finance, and development.
As part of the agreement, CPCS will bring its deep technical expertise and pan-African reach to shape forward-looking, high-impact conversations on regulation, financing, infrastructure, and innovation within the Forum and broader AEW2025 programme GCA.
Quotes
Lisa Amenya, Chief Convenor, AEW2025
“CPCS brings both technical depth and a powerful network of African decision makers to this partnership. Their presence as a programming partner helps us elevate the conversation and catalyze practical outcomes for the continent’s clean transport future.”
Ethan Schwartz, Senior Consultant, CPCS
“Africa’s e-mobility transition requires more than pilots — it needs scale, structure, and shared ambition. We’re honoured to work alongside AfEMA and UNEP to spotlight the ideas and investments shaping that future.”
Annika Berlin, Programme Lead, UNEP
“This is precisely the kind of collaboration we need. By combining regional insight, technical expertise, and multilateral convening power, we’re creating a platform that is both ambitious and grounded in Africa’s real opportunities.”
Enabling Africa’s electric mobility transition
CPCS provides expertise in policy research, market assessment, investment opportunity identification, as well as structuring and financing transportation businesses, covering different modes of e-mobility, including electric vehicles (EVs) such as 2-3 wheelers and buses. Some recent CPCS experience in sustainable mobility:
- Benin: Examining the country’s supply chain for EVs.
- Ethiopia and Uganda: Assessing barriers to EV adoption, forecasting e-mobility growth, and assessing the impact on the power grid.
- West Africa: Market study to deploy a fleet of electric buses.
- Uganda: Sourcing investment opportunities in sustainable mobility, including a project to develop an electric bicycle business.
- Sub-Saharan Africa:
- Scoping cities for investments in e-mobility across the region, which includes multicriteria diagnostic of potential for e-mobility solutions (legal, regulatory, institutional, financial, gender, technical).
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- Evaluating and reviewing e-mobility policy, including the identification of policy and regulatory barriers and enablers for e-bus market development throughout multiple countries across Sub-Saharan Africa, and the development of a policy research paper assessing policies and e-mobility barriers in Kenya for the importation and industrialization of electric vehicles.
Background
About CPCS
CPCS is a global infrastructure advisory firm specializing in transportation, energy, and public-private partnerships. With more than 50 years of experience and a strong footprint across Africa, CPCS has advised on some of the continent’s most complex mobility and power projects — from national e-bus strategies to multimodal transit systems and grid integration solutions. CPCS blends strategic advisory with hands-on implementation, making us a trusted partner to governments and international financiers alike.
About the Africa E-Mobility Alliance (AfEMA)
AfEMA is a pan-African industry platform working to accelerate clean, inclusive mobility across the continent. Through convening, coalition building, and policy engagement, AfEMA connects innovators, governments, and investors to advance sustainable transport solutions.
About the Africa E-Mobility Forum
Co-hosted by the Africa E-Mobility Alliance (AfEMA) and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), the Africa E-Mobility Forum is the high-level policy engine of AEW2025. The Forum brings together ministers, regulators, development partners, and experts for bold, solutions-focused dialogue on unlocking enabling policies, regional coordination, financing pathways, and cross-sectoral cooperation.
About Africa E-Mobility Week (AEW)
Africa E-Mobility Week is the continent’s leading platform for accelerating the transition to zero-emission transport. The 2025 edition will take place from 16–18 September 2025 in Addis Ababa. AEW2025 will feature the Africa E-Mobility Forum, multitrack thematic stages, an investor marketplace, test ride showcases, industry tours, and dedicated summits on youth and women in mobility. The event provides a powerful space to shape policy, unlock investment, and elevate African leadership in the global mobility transition.
Contact: communications@cpcs.ca
