The road to green industrialisation is long but hardly unpaved

Africa only has a few ten thousand electric vehicles rolling on tarmac so far and less than a thousand charging stations. 

• But that has not deterred EV manufacturers from setting up locally. 

• Production plants are already in or coming to 21 countries on the continent. 

Why it matters: Africa’s green economy must offer prosperity to local people as much as climate relief for the planet. 

• Without green jobs such as in local manufacturing, popular support for costly new green infrastructure will be limited.