Suggested routes, by role
3 days, 9 stages, 74 sessions — you can't see it all, so don't try. Pick the route that matches your job and follow the timeline. Thumbs it up if it worked.
Policy & Regulation Track
Ministry officials, regulators and continental-body staff shaping the rules of the e-mobility transition.
Follow the evidence-to-framework thread from Ethiopia's national plan through continental standards to COP32 positioning.
Day 1 — Monday, 14 September
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08:00–08:15
Addis Ababa Institute of Technology Finland, the Nordics and Africa: Building the Next Phase of E-Mobility Collaboration
Sets the Nordic-Africa policy partnership frame for the whole day.
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08:20–08:25
Addis Ababa Institute of Technology Powering Ethiopia's E-Mobility Transition
Grounds you in the national grid-and-transport policy picture.
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08:30–08:50
Addis Ababa Institute of Technology Evidence and Priorities for Ethiopia's E-Mobility Transition
The data underpinning every priority call you'll hear about later.
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08:50–09:20
Addis Ababa Institute of Technology From Evidence to Implementation
Watch priorities turn into an actual implementation plan.
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09:40–10:00
Addis Ababa Institute of Technology Reflections & Next Steps
Captures the morning's consensus before it evaporates.
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10:10–10:40
Addis Ababa Institute of Technology Powering the Transition - Grid & EV Integration
Grid integration is the policy bottleneck everyone else will ask you about.
Day 2 — Tuesday, 15 September
- 09:00–09:27
- 09:27–09:35
- 09:35–09:50
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09:50–10:00
Main Hall Driving an Inclusive E-Mobility Transition
Equity considerations you'll need to defend in your own framework.
- 11:30–12:10
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12:20–12:50
Main Hall The Big Interoperability Debate: What Model Works for Africa?
Interoperability rules will land on your desk eventually - hear the fight now.
Day 3 — Wednesday, 16 September
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09:05–09:10
Main Hall Continental EV Framework
The continental rulebook you'll be asked to align national policy to.
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09:10–09:55
Main Hall Standardisation: Creating the Roadmap for African E-Mobility
The technical standards roadmap policy has to legislate around.
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10:20–10:50
Main Hall Transport Corridors and Heavy-Duty Electrification
Cross-border corridor policy - the trickiest coordination problem on the agenda.
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12:10–12:40
Main Hall From Critical Minerals to Circular Value Chains
Resource policy and local value capture, a live political flashpoint.
- 14:00–14:25
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15:15–15:55
Main Hall Future African Cities & Corridors as the New Growth Frontiers
Ends on the long-range spatial planning question policymakers must own.
Board Members & Investors Track
Fund managers, DFIs and board-level decision-makers sizing up the African EV opportunity.
Trace the capital story from evidence and risk to actual financing instruments and signed deals.
Day 1 — Monday, 14 September
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08:00–08:15
Addis Ababa Institute of Technology Finland, the Nordics and Africa: Building the Next Phase of E-Mobility Collaboration
Nordic capital's opening pitch on where it wants to deploy next.
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08:30–08:50
Addis Ababa Institute of Technology Evidence and Priorities for Ethiopia's E-Mobility Transition
The market-sizing evidence behind every pitch deck you'll see this week.
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09:00–09:30
Hyatt Regency Addis Ababa Full Plenary
The headline framing that sets sentiment for the rest of the conference.
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09:30–13:00
Hyatt Regency Addis Ababa Financier Roundtable
Peer-level closed-door discussion on deal terms and risk appetite.
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19:30
Hyatt Regency Addis Ababa Delegate Mingle & Fendika Jazz Night
Where the real term-sheet conversations actually happen.
Day 2 — Tuesday, 15 September
- 09:00–09:27
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10:00–10:07
Main Hall Investing in the EV Transition
The macro investment thesis laid out in seven fast minutes.
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10:07–10:15
Main Hall A Milestone in Nordic DFI Investment: Impact Fund Denmark × Spiro
A concrete Impact Fund Denmark × Spiro deal to benchmark your own.
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10:25–10:50
Main Hall Financing the Transition
The instruments - blended finance, guarantees, debt - laid on the table.
- 10:50–11:00
- 14:00–14:25
Day 3 — Wednesday, 16 September
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09:05–09:10
Main Hall Continental EV Framework
Regulatory certainty is half your risk model - here's the framework.
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09:55–10:07
Main Hall From Olympic Champion to EV Champion
A brand story worth knowing before the next investor call.
- 10:50–11:00
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12:10–12:40
Main Hall From Critical Minerals to Circular Value Chains
Upstream value chain exposure most portfolios are still missing.
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13:30–13:55
Main Stage EV Framework for Africa with EV Associations
Closes the loop on the policy certainty your term sheets depend on.
Software & Interoperability Track
Platform, protocol and standards engineers wiring charging networks together across borders.
Chase the interoperability question from research groundwork to a working continental standard.
Day 1 — Monday, 14 September
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08:15–08:20
Addis Ababa Institute of Technology Research, Innovation & Ethiopia's E-Mobility Transition
The research base every interoperability standard will cite.
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08:25–08:30
Addis Ababa Institute of Technology Circular Thinking Across the EV Value Chain
Data and material tracking touch your software stack more than you'd think.
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09:30–13:00
Hyatt Regency Addis Ababa Continental Interoperability & Coordination: Building a Cross-Border EV Ecosystem
The main event - three and a half hours on cross-border protocol design.
Day 2 — Tuesday, 15 September
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12:10–12:15
Main Hall A Global Perspective on Charging Interoperability
Five sharp minutes benchmarking Africa against global OCPI/OCPP practice.
- 12:15–12:20
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12:20–12:50
Main Hall The Big Interoperability Debate: What Model Works for Africa?
The unresolved argument you'll be implementing the answer to.
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13:30–13:55
Main Stage Charging Infrastructure Deployment Models (2/3-Wheeler)
2/3-wheeler deployment specifics that stress-test any protocol choice.
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14:45–15:10
Main Stage Off-Grid / On-Grid Charging
Off-grid edge cases your software needs to handle gracefully.
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15:15–15:40
Side Stage The Power of Research and Academia
Where the next generation of standards research is coming from.
Day 3 — Wednesday, 16 September
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09:10–09:55
Main Hall Standardisation: Creating the Roadmap for African E-Mobility
The formal roadmap - this is what your API roadmap should mirror.
- 11:20–11:30
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11:30–12:00
Main Hall Connectivity, Digital Infrastructure and User Experience
Connectivity and UX constraints that dictate your offline-first design.
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13:30–13:55
Side Stage EV Charging & User Experience
The rider-facing app layer built on top of everything else you've seen.
- 14:45–15:10
Roll-out & Network Development Track
Infrastructure planners and network builders deciding where chargers and depots go next.
Move from grid readiness through vehicle-class deployment models to corridor-scale expansion.
Day 1 — Monday, 14 September
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08:00–08:15
Addis Ababa Institute of Technology Finland, the Nordics and Africa: Building the Next Phase of E-Mobility Collaboration
The partnership pipeline that will fund your next rollout phase.
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08:20–08:25
Addis Ababa Institute of Technology Powering Ethiopia's E-Mobility Transition
The national grid context every siting decision has to work within.
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10:10–10:40
Addis Ababa Institute of Technology Powering the Transition - Grid & EV Integration
Grid-EV integration is the single biggest constraint on your build-out speed.
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12:00–18:00
Offsite (departure) Two-Wheelers, Battery Solutions & Multimodal Mobility
A full afternoon in the field seeing two-wheeler and multimodal deployment up close.
Day 2 — Tuesday, 15 September
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13:30–13:55
Main Stage Charging Infrastructure Deployment Models (2/3-Wheeler)
The 2/3-wheeler deployment playbook you'll be adapting locally.
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14:00–14:25
Side Stage Energy Reliability: The Make-or-Break Question for EV Scale
Reliability is the make-or-break question for every site you commission.
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14:45–15:10
Main Stage Off-Grid / On-Grid Charging
Off-grid options open up sites the national grid can't yet reach.
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15:15–15:40
Main Stage Electric Bus Rapid Transit and the E-Bus Project
Bus rapid transit depot planning at a scale worth stealing ideas from.
Day 3 — Wednesday, 16 September
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10:12–10:20
Main Hall Electrifying Heavy-Duty Vehicles in Africa
Heavy-duty electrification changes your depot power requirements entirely.
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10:20–10:50
Main Hall Transport Corridors and Heavy-Duty Electrification
Corridor-level thinking for freight routes crossing multiple grids.
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14:45–15:10
Side Stage Powering Heavy-Duty Vehicles
The technical detail behind powering the corridor fleet you just planned.
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15:15–15:55
Main Hall Future African Cities & Corridors as the New Growth Frontiers
Ends on where the next decade of corridors and cities will actually grow.