Electric Vehicles Sales to Hit 23m in 2026 as African Market Doubles

IEA: EV cars to account for 29% of worldwide sales this year

Nigeria missing as S’Africa records fivefold growth, Egypt triples sales

Emmanuel Addeh in Abuja

Electric Vehicle (EV) sales are expected to reach a record 23 million units worldwide in 2026 despite a slowdown in the global automobile market, with Africa emerging as one of the world’s fastest-growing markets.

Sales on the continent more than doubled in the first half of the year, according to a new report by the International Energy Agency (IEA), titled: “Electric Car Markets in a Time of Uncertainty.”