09/10/2025
Kangwa calls for countrywide electric cars charging stations
SECRETARY to the Cabinet Patrick Kangwa has urged the Ministries of Transport and Energy to move quickly and set up electric vehicle charging stations in all 116 districts as the government prepares to switch to electric cars next year.
Speaking during the unveiling of the Green Economy and Environment Minister's first electric vehicle, Kangwa said the government will from January begin prioritising the procurement of electric vehicles in line with the new green economy policy.
This was at the Inaugural Chief Executives’ Forum on Electric Mobility held in Lusaka yesterday under the theme “Driving Zambia Forward, the Green Way."
He said the shift to electric vehicles will help cut costs and reduce pollution, but it can only succeed if there is proper infrastructure in place across the country.
Kangwa explained that the Ministry of Transport and the Ministry of Energy must work together to fast-track the electric mobility policy and its implementation roadmap.
He also shared his personal experience with electric vehicles, saying he has driven one for over a year and seven months without any problems and now spends only K100 weekly on power compared to K2,000 on fuel previously.
Speaking at the same event, Minister of Green Economy and Environment Mike Mposha said the Electric Vehicle (EV) revolution is more than a transport shift as it represents a new economic narrative that merges industrial growth, climate ambition, and inclusive development.
Mposha said the government under President Hakainde Hichilema has introduced deliberate incentives to attract green investment, including tax reliefs for EVs, the establishment of an EV manufacturing zone in the Copperbelt and readiness of infrastructure through Energy Regulation Board (ERB) licensing standards.
"We have been having a number of discussions with the private sector and we hope that very soon we will be moving in that direction so that as we encourage people to buy the EVs, we must be ready to ensure that they can drive to the Copperbelt and be able to charge [in-between the trip]," Mposha said.
Mposha further said Zambia’s rich mineral reserves in copper, cobalt, manganese and nickel place the country at the centre of Africa’s electric vehicle mineral economy.
The Minister called on financiers, insurers, and development partners to work with the government in creating a sustainable and bankable EV ecosystem.
By George Musonda
Kalemba October 9, 2025
