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for 2025

Here's why you should book:

  • Pick your positioning: Get first dibs on the sponsorship and exhibition packages that align
    perfectly with your goals. 
  • Exclusive networking opportunities: Take advantage of the Gala Dinner, Women in
    Mobility and on floor networking sessions to network with key decision-makers
  • Shine bright like a diamond: Our 365 days targeted marketing campaigns will put
    your brand in the spotlight.
  • Maximize your product launch and and reach your ideal customers.

Requesting the available sponsorship and exhibitor packages for 2025, along with
scheduling a call with our team members David Szafir & Sindi Buthelezi to discuss
further details.

Smarter Mobility Africa Summit 2024 Highlights

Unlocking Africa’s Transport MarketOpportunities at Smarter Mobility Africa 2025

Why Africa? A Market Ready to Grow

  • $100bn+ invested annually in transport, aiming for $170bn
  • Low competition, high potential vs. Europe & the U.S
  • Rapid urbanisation is driving new transport demand
  • No high tariffs – easier market entry than EU or U.S
  • Strong government support for EVs, infrastructure & local manufacturing
  • EVs becoming cheaper than petrol/diesel due to oil instability

NEV's: Africa’s Huge Opportunity

  • 100,000 EVs sold in Ethiopia in 2 years – vs. 42,000 target in UAE
  • SA 2024 vehicle sales = 515,712 units, beating UAE’s 171,414
  • EVs are more affordable and cost-effective long-term
  • 2 million electric 2-wheelers registered in 2022
  • SA plans 150% tax rebates & $55m support for local NEV production
  • Falling battery prices fuel off-grid solar & charging solutions

Public Transport Investment: $66bn in 2022

  • Dakar BRT: $46m, 40+ rail projects underway
  • Cape Town: MyCiTi buying 30 e-buses; Golden Arrow scaling from 20 to 120 e-buses + 60 charging stations
  • Tanzania: 300km Dar to Morogoro rail link
  • Lagos: New Red Line metro opening

Country Spotlight: South Africa

  • Biggest new vehicle market in Africa – 515,712 units sold in 2024
  • $54.27m invested in NEV production & battery infrastructure
  • 150% tax break for manufacturers from March 2026
  • Chinese OEMs like BYD engaged to build local supply chains
  • 3 Chinese OEMs signed NDAs with the Automotive Business Council

Exhibitor benefitsConnect with Key Decision Makers

Exhibiting at Smarter Mobility Africa summit offers a unique opportunity to showcase your business and gain exposure to decision makers from a wide range of mobility-related companies, both locally and abroad. This is where the innovators and market leaders come to explore new ideas, it’s the essential mobility event of the year.

Unlock High-Value Business Opportunities

Smarter Mobility Africa summit gives you direct access to a highly engaged audience of decision-makers, customers, and government leaders—all actively searching for solutions like yours.

  • Showcase your brand to thousands of qualified prospects
  • Gain visibility with key public and private stakeholders
  • Influence mobility investment and policy in Africa

Maximise Your Exposure Across 365 Days

Position your business as a market leader before, during, and after the summit. With pre-event campaigns, onsite visibility, and post-event engagement, you stay top-of-mind all year.

  • Pre & post-event marketing support
  • Evergreen brand visibility through trusted media
  • Inclusive marketing to boost your influence strategy

Build Game-Changing Connections

Networking is core to the SMA experience. Meet new partners, reconnect with key clients, & discover complementary companies that can fuel innovation & growth.

  • Engage 1-on-1 with mobility buyers and peers
  • Build alliances that last beyond the expo floor
  • Collaborate with innovators solving Africa’s transport challenges

Learn, Benchmark & Inspire

Discover how other companies are innovating. Walk away with insights that inform your sales strategy and inspire how you present your business.

  • Explore cutting-edge trends and solutions
  • Identify gaps and new market needs
  • Reignite your product and partnership roadmap

Discover Business Opportunities

With access to a highly engaged and captivated audience, you’ll have the chance to showcase your brand and products to potential customers, key decision-makers, and industry leaders.

Explore Cutting-Edge Ideas & Market Needs

Direct exposure to a diverse range of industry professionals at Smarter Mobility Africa provides new ideas and insights to power your business forward. It’s the power of conversation all in a single place.

Direct 1 to 1 Communication

Directly engage with the market and seize valuable opportunities to address challenges and forge meaningful alliances with key players in the industry

Meet Complementary Companies

Discovering complementary companies opens doors to new business opportunities and offers inspiration for growth and innovation. Collaborating with industry players yields fresh insights and possibilities.

Inspire Your
Sales Process

Be inspired by how other companies present themselves. By observing and learning from what other businesses do well, you can gain new insights and ideas for how to better showcase your own products and services.

Dedicated Exhibition Team at Your Disposal

Receive support and guidance every step of the way, from the initial planning stages to setting up your stand. With our team, you can rest assured that you will showcase your products in the most impactful way possible.

South Africa needs more of these types of events to uplift people and make them realise that this country has a lot of potential.

Ilse Herselman
Auto-Mobility Sector Head
DHL Global Forwarding South Africa

Exhibitor benefits 4 simple steps to exhibit

Exhibiting at Smarter Mobility Africa summit gives your organisation access to a qualified dataset, unrivalled in Africa

  1. Request information & schedule a call
  2. Discuss your goals with our team
  3. Receive a Custom Created Package Made for You
  4. Let us activate your campaign across Africa

Your Planning Made Easy With Our Support

Our team makes exhibition preparation simple. We guide you through every decision, manage logistics, and ensure everything is ready for you to shine.

  • Inclusive and direct marketing support
  • Impactful exhibition stand design
  • Engaging staffing solutions
  • Sourcing attractive marketing give-aways

Good, interesting & informative sessions!#SMAsummit

Natalie Hein
Human Resources
Alstom Ubuny

Inspire. Integrate.Transform

Africa’s integrated smarter mobility event brings together policy and decision makers, influencers and motivators from across Africa for you to connect with. This is your opportunity to kick start and accelerate your influence and business development journey.

During your onboarding call with our team, we will ask you specific questions around which types of sectors and audience profiles you would like to meet.

I look forward to the SMA event each year, and this year exceeded my expectations. The conference was exceptionally informative, offering valuable insights that I can immediately apply in my work. It's a must-attend event for anyone looking to stay ahead in the industry

Saul Cohen Go Electric Mobility

I travelled from Sierra Leone West Africa, my Partner travelled from Indonesia and our South Africa Partner travel from Zambia to be together one stage with the vision to share about our E-Mobility project and it all turns to be more than just a pitch but building lasting collaborators, gain visibility and more

Mohamed A Kamara Freetown Innovation Lab

“At Smarter Mobility Africa summit I got a change to network and engage with government and private sectors and I also managed to get good business deals and got a chance to evolve in the transportation industry

Mpho Godffrey Maphalala Taunyane E-hailing Transportation

How to InfluenceYour Opportunity to Influence Thinking of Key Stakeholders

Maximise your results with Smarter Mobility Africa's 365 marketing opportunity. Influence your prospect before, during and after the event, ensuring they not only know who you are, but are excited to converse.

Our team works with you to ensure your expertise is recognised by those you want to connect with. We help you, achieve your goals.

  • Create evergreen brand visibility 365 days per year
  • Targeted marketing before, during & after events
  • Leverage trusted industry media to present your brand

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2025 Sponsors & Exhibitors

Hosting Partner
COJ
CEO High Level Dialogue Sponsor
Master Drive
Standard Bank
Platinum Sponsors
Gauteng Transport Authority
Gautrain
Johannesburg Road Agency
Gold & Registration Sponsor
1 COJ
CALMEX MOBILE
REA VAYA
Gold Sponsor
Visa
Silver Sponsors
GIZ
uYilo
VITRONIC
Association Partners
Africa E-Mobility Alliance (AfEMA)
C40 Cities
Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport
EMAK
ICCT
National Taxi Alliance
Nelisa Izizwe Foundation
SABOA
SANTACO
SAWIE
TASA
Transport Forum
UITP
ZEBRA
ZEMIA
Media Partners
Africa’s Green Economy Summit
ConstructAfrica
Creamer Media’s ENGINEERING NEWS
Electrive Media
Global Africa Network
Highways Today
Master Drive
Media Xpose
Railway Gazette
Railway Pro

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