We are excited to share with you the latest updates, insights, developments and ongoing projects from the Urban Electric Mobility Initiative. We appreciate your engagement in shaping sustainable urban mobility solutions. Stay tuned for inspiring stories, key milestones, events, and upcoming opportunities to collaborate. Let’s keep driving change together! 🌱🚀 ACCESS/Trans-Safe On 27 October, was launched a new self-paced e-course, Digital Tools for Participatory Urban and Mo

Representing UEMI , Fernando Dobrusky  and Edmund Teko  joined partners of the eBRT2030 project in Istanbul for the annual General Assembly. Hosted by IETT  in collaboration with UITP , the two-day meeting brought together more than a hundred participants from across Europe and beyond, including project partners, demo leaders, and the advisory board,project partners, demo leaders, and the advisory board. Edmund Teko represented UEMI at the eBRT2030 General Assembly, sharing i

BOOST is, above all, about people. Professionals landing their first jobs, women breaking barriers in a male-dominated field, and universities opening new doors for future generations. As the project comes to a close, what remains are not just numbers, but lives transformed and skills that will keep growing. BOOST (Boosting e-Mobility Jobs in Africa) , led by UEMI and GIZ, was implemented in Rwanda, Ghana, and Morocco to connect for over nearly two years companies, universiti

Cities are constantly changing, and so are the ways we plan them. A new e-course explores how digital tools can make this process more inclusive, helping people take part in shaping safer and more sustainable urban spaces. Created under the ACCESS project  and inspired by the TRANS-SAFE  and EcoZones initiatives, the course looks at how technology can support collaboration between communities, planners and local governments. It shows that digitalisation isn’t only about inno

Every project eventually comes to an end, and now the time has come for the  Smart Energy Solutions for Africa (SESA) project .    The SESA project came to a close after four years of collaboration having delivered a wide range of innovations, partnerships, and tangible impacts across nine African countries.    Funded under Horizon 2020, SESA focused on bringing answers to  energy poverty, responding to climate challenges and creating new opportunities for local economies .

Between February and September 2025, UEMI carried out E-Warmi, a UNEP- and BMZ-funded initiative under the Global...

We are excited to share with you the latest updates, insights, developments and ongoing projects from the Urban Electric Mobility...

UEMI and UN-Habitat co-hosted the second edition of the STREnGth_M Webinar Series, titled “Transport Innovation: Needs, Priorities, and...

How can a city make its transport system more inclusive, accessible, and safe for everyone? In Kochi, this question recently brought...

The transition to electric mobility is not a journey that happens in isolation. It results from partnerships that connect people,...

As BOOST nears its conclusion, its impact is already visible on the ground. In Morocco, EM Solutions, a company that is  developing innovative mobility technologies, with focus on smart control units for electric vehicles , is one of the project partners.  For M. El Khabbaz, CEO & Founder of EM Solutions , joining BOOST and working with UEMI just felt right.  “ We were inspired by BOOST's strong emphasis on local innovation, community-driven solutions, and its alignment with

The future of mobility is electric. But with more electric vehicles (EVs) on the road, the question is no longer if we will charge them,...

In the past few years, the way we shop and get goods has changed a lot. Online shopping and on-demand deliveries are now part of our...

Through the BOOST project, local businesses in Rwanda are finding new ways to combine green mobility, job creation, and social impact....

The E-Moviliza project hosted the workshop series “Transition to Electric Mobility: Knowledge Exchange for Regulatory Development and...

How can urban mobility in Kochi be made safer and more inclusive for women and vulnerable groups? Listening closely to those most...

As part of the BOOST project , a hands-on training in E-Mobility & Sustainable Urban Transport, co-organized by the University of Rwanda ...

Through the E-Moviliza  and E-Warmi  projects, Urbano Envíos  is taking active steps to promote electric mobility and gender inclusion in...

We’re excited to officially launch the E-Warmi: Leadership and Empowerment Training Programme in E-Mobility, an initiative created to ...

In Kochi, 62% of women have no access to a personal vehicle , and even in vehicle-owning households, only 38% say the vehicle is...