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 will present twelve key strategies and opportunities to accelerate the transition to sustainable transport in Africa, collaboratively developed with stakeholders across the continent. The webinar will also offer an opportunity to identify strategic pathways for advancing these 'turning points' through the UN Decade of Sustainable Transport (2026-2035) and beyond.
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 African Union Agenda 2063 and the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA).
Over the past two years, the Rethinking Transport Initiative, led by GIZ in partnership with Agora Verkehrswende, has convened African stakeholders from academia, civil society and the private sector to identify key turning points that would advance sustainable transport across the continent. These 'turning points' refer to critical moments, decisions and events that could significantly influence the progress of sustainable transport.
Join us for the webinar as we walk you through these turning points, their development process, and how stakeholders and institutions can take them forward.
Programme
| TIME | AGENDA |
| 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 Dr Helvi Ndilimeke Petrus, Senior Lecturer, Namibia University of Science and Technology | |
| 11:00 | Panel Discussion: Turning Points and the Road Ahead |
| 11:20 | Closing and Outlook Ms Ingrid-Gabriela Hoven, Managing Director, GIZ |
