Evelyn Gathua

Position: Junior Advisor for Vehicle Efficiency and Sustainable Mobility
Location: Kenya, Nairobi

I am a Junior Advisor at GIZ, working within the Sustainable Mobility Unit under the Energy, Transport and Climate Change Cluster in Nairobi, Kenya. I am currently contributing to the IMPROVE Project (Introducing Measures, Pathways and Roadmaps for Optimizing Vehicle Efficiency & Electrification).

Prior to joining GIZ, I served at Sustainable Transport Africa, where I supported the implementation of various transport electrification projects. I have also worked as an independent consultant with UNEP and WRI, contributing to transport policy and strategy development, stakeholder engagement, research, and programme implementation.

I am a 2026 Global Transport 2023 Fellow of the Rethinking Transport Lab by GIZ, a member of the Global Alliance for Feminist Transport, and a member of the Kenya Bureau of Standards (KEBS) Electric Mobility Technical Committee. I am also a registered NEMA EIA/EA Associate Expert and a member of the International Association for Impact Assessment (IAIA).

I am passionate about advancing sustainable mobility, gender and social inclusion, and climate-aligned transport systems across Africa, and I look forward to contributing to this work in my new role.