Leveraging electric mobility to accelerate energy access in African countries

With over 50% of sub-Saharan Africa’s population languishing under limited or no access to energy, the presentation explores the potential of repurposing expired batteries from electric vehicles for game-changing strategies.
About the speaker:
Dr Charles Mbalyohere is a Senior Lecturer in Strategic Management and a Senior Fellow of the UK’s Higher Education Academy. In this role, he has made unique contributions to the teaching of strategy in the OU’s Faculty of Business & Law by integrating some of the latest views about nonmarket strategy into the curriculum. Charles’ other work engages with the collaboration between Higher Education institutions in the international space, for example by holding joint seminars to facilitate cross-cultural learning. Consequently, he is involved with partner institutions in sub-Saharan Africa and India and exploring new possibilities. Most importantly for the IKID seminar series, Charles is further keenly involved with studies on the uptake of renewable energy technologies and the transition to electric vehicles, including the potential of battery repurposing to improve energy storage and access. The work builds on a long history of investigating the renewable energy industry in sub-Saharan Africa.