Sustainable Mobility, defined as, green, efficient, safe and universally accessible movement of people and goods and services from point to point. Sustainable Mobility is a nascent sector that is gaining momentum.
Like Energy, mobility is a fundamental catalyst for any economy. Mobility solutions are a prerequisite of social inclusion by providing access to jobs and essential services such as health care and education.
Developing countries, and particularly Sub-Saharan Africa, host 98% of the 1 billion people in the world without access to transport. Yet an additional 187 million Africans are expected to live in cities over the next decade, suggesting 1.5 million people will move to cities every month[1]. Developing countries will thus continue to confront the largest mobility challenges including access to, and safety of, mobility solutions as well as their efficiency and environmental impact. The most impacted populations are urban and rural low-income households – population segments which also typically lack access to energy. The nexus between energy and mobility can be leveraged to provide access to affordable and safe sustainable mobility services.
To support this sector, TotalEnergies, Enea Consulting and Sustainable Energy for All (SEforALL) are launching the Energy Access Booster 2021 call for projects to support Sustainable Mobility entrepreneurs operating in Africa and Asia[2].
The 2021 edition targets projects at the development stage and companies focusing on the following sub-themes of Sustainable Mobility:
[2] For any project operating in a country under economic sanctions, the application will be reviewed on a case by case basis by the organizers.
[3] ]Only if the project takes place in an eligible region: these are countries and regions that are categorized as “normal vigilance” or “enhanced vigilance” by the French Ministry of European and Foreign Affairs.
See: https://www.diplomatie.gouv.fr/en/country-files/africa/ and https://www.diplomatie.gouv.fr/en/country-files/asia-and-oceania/
The strategic advisory mission’s aim is to position ventures on a path to profitability and growth. Enea Consulting will work with winning start-ups to identify issues that need to be addressed to grow their business. Enea Consulting’s support can include assessment of: operational, sales and distribution strategy, unit economics analysis, business model analysis, customer acquisition and retention, geographical expansion, among others.
