WEBINAR: Turning Points: Enabling Sustainable Transport in Africa
Time: 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM (Europe/Berlin)
Location: online on MS Teams
Join us for the launch of the flagship report "Turning Points: Enabling Sustainable Transport in Africa", where we'll walk through key strategies and opportunities to accelerate the transition to sustainable transport in Africa that were developed by stakeholders from the continent. We'll also look at what a possible strategic pathway through 2035 and beyond could look like.
Language(s): English
Organised by:
GIZ, Agora Verkehrswende
Objective
Transport is one of the greatest enablers of Africa's economic development, connecting farmers to markets, workers to jobs, and countries to one another. It is also a foundation for regional integration and shared prosperity under AU Agenda 2063 and the African Continental Free Trade Area.
Over the past two years, the Rethinking Transport Initiative, led by GIZ in partnership with Agora Verkehrswende, has brought together African stakeholders from academia, civil society and the private sector in the Rethinking Transport Labs. Together, they identified the key strategies and opportunities to accelerate the transition to sustainable transport in Africa.
These turning points are now presented in the flagship publication "Turning Points: Enabling Sustainable Transport in Africa." Join us for the launch webinar, where we'll walk through the twelve turning points and what sets them apart from a standard policy list: progress on one creates the conditions for others to emerge, and none needs to be fully in place before the next can begin. We'll also look at what a possible strategic pathway through 2035 and beyond could look like.
Agenda
| TIME | AGENDA POINT |
| 10:05 | Welcome by the Moderator Christian Hochfeld,Executive Director of Agora Verkehrswende |
| 10:10 | Keynote Speech H.E. Ms Lerato Dorothy Mataboge, Commissioner for Infrastructure and Energy, African Union |
| 10:20 | Insights on Turning Points: Enabling Sustainable Transport in Africa Edna Mercy (Moderator),Director, Transport Futures |
| Overview of the turning points process: Dr Gladys Nyachieo,Senior Lecturer, Multimedia University of Kenya | |
| National Leadership and Policy Reform Carly Gilbert,Secretary General, SLOCAT | |
| Strategic Foundations for Africa’s Energy Transition in Transport Eric Ntagengerwa,Head of Transport and Mobility Division, African Union Commission | |
| Sustainable and Inclusive Investment Systems Viloshini Naidoo,Sector Specialist – Transport and Infrastructure, Development Bank of Southern Africa (DBSA) | |
| Flagship Initiatives for Scaling and Accelerating Helvi Ndilimeke Petrus,Senior Lecturer, The International University of Management, Namibia | |
| 11:00 | Panel Discussion: Turning Points and the Road Ahead |
| 11:20 | Closing and Outlook Ingrid-Gabriela Hoven,Managing Director, GIZ |
