Africa’s Used Vehicle Dependency: A Complicated Double-Edged Phenomenon (Festival Godwin Boateng, Gaurav Mittal – Australian Institute of International Affairs)

Discussions on the consequences of vehicle end-of-life offshore to Africa need to move beyond the traditional focus on major OECD vehicle exporters and four-wheelers. China’s rising role in global second-hand vehicle exports, along with the shift toward—and increasing electrification of—two- and three-wheelers, is reshaping the externalisation of vehicle end-of-life burden to Africa.

Africa’s Used Vehicle Dependency: A Complicated Double-Edged Phenomenon – Australian Institute of International Affairs