Availability of electric mobility policy and its potential for adoption in Africa

This paper assesses the availability of policies implemented by African countries to accelerate the adoption of electric mobility. This was accomplished using a systematic review that collected and analysed policy-related documents from all 54 African countries. The documents were evaluated against a scoring framework of 15 policy areas categorised as fiscal incentives, non-fiscal incentives, administrative measures, and regulatory measures. The results indicate a shortage of electric vehicle policies, with 31 countries having official documents. Rwanda emerged as the country with the highest available policies, scoring 8 out of 10 on a normalised scale. While fiscal policies such as import tax exemptions are available in 21 countries, critical gaps in other impactful measures. For instance, direct purchase subsidies are available in only 5 countries, while non-fiscal incentives are almost entirely absent. Only three countries have established workforce training programs, and just one has mandated EV charging infrastructure through building regulations.