Road to LUSAKA
The Lobito Corridor
June 2026
LOBITO - Lusaka
The Lobito–Lusaka Expedition (approximately 2,440 km) is emerging as one of Africa’s most strategic east–west transport arteries. Stretching from the Port of Lobito on Angola’s Atlantic coast to Lusaka, the capital of Zambia, the route cuts across key economic zones and mineral-rich regions, linking the interior to global trade routes through the Atlantic Ocean.
As a vital channel for mining exports, agricultural products, and regional trade, the corridor plays a central role in Southern and Central Africa’s integration and industrialization. Electrifying this route presents a major opportunity to reduce transport emissions, enhance efficiency, and pioneer cross-border electric logistics across multiple nations.
The Road to Africa expedition along the Lobito–Lusaka Corridor will document its current infrastructure, assess EV readiness, and explore the potential to transform it into one of Africa’s first sustainable, electrified trade routes.
EXPANDING THE REACH OF E-MOBILITY
E-mobility is becoming visible across Africa’s cities, where electric motorbikes, charging stations, and clean logistics solutions are reshaping urban transport. Yet along the trade corridors that sustain Africa’s economies, many communities remain outside this transformation.
The Road to Lusaka bridges that gap. By linking Lobito on Angola’s Atlantic coast with Lusaka in Zambia, the journey demonstrates how clean transport and electric logistics can extend far beyond capitals, into the arteries of continental trade. Each stop along the route, from industrial towns to rural trading hubs and border crossings, will spotlight both the opportunities and the challenges of greening transport across regions.
Through public engagement, dialogue with local authorities, and collaboration with corridor stakeholders, the Road to Lusaka campaign highlights how sustainable mobility is not a distant vision but a practical pathway to inclusion, resilience, and new economic opportunity for communities along Africa’s next electrified trade route.