The Kenyan Government has set a target for the electrification of transport with the intention of a national rollout of EVs and charging stations. They are aiming for 5% of all imported vehicles to be electric by 2025, with two-wheelers likely to dominate this. Some insights suggest that Kenya has the largest EV potential in East Africa and could become an electric two-wheeler assembly hub for the region. However, there are many questions around how this ambition should be met and some reservations around if it should be realised at all.
Achievements: This SIG created the Transport-Energy Database: Kenya covering technology, energy demand and policies relating to the Kenyan transport-energy system. It was compiled using data sources from the IEA, World Bank, Kenyan Government, EnergyData.info and the TraCs project.
It also built Kenya’s Transport Energy Air pollution Model which provides a transport, energy and environment modelling framework to explore Kenyan transport futures and trial policies.
Current Activities: We will shortly be handing over the TEAM Kenya model to the SIG members listed below. This will ensure continued use of the model by academics and government officials well into the future.
SIG members: Strathmore University, EED Advisory, independent consultants, Ministry of Energy and Petroleum, Access Coalition, SETA, World Resource Institute