A man charges his electric vehicle at a public charging station at Jara Mall in Ikeja neighbourhood in Lagos on June 3, 2026. Some 90 million Nigerians don't have access to electricity at all, according to the World Bank. In May, a former power minister was sentenced to 75 years in prison on money laundering charges linked to two failed hydropower projects. But the government is pushing forward, aiming to make the country a hub for EV manufacturing while signing zero emissions pledges to slowly phase out new sales of autos with internal combustion engines. (Photo by Temiloluwa Johnson / AFP via Getty Images)