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Kenya’s First Business Financing Program For Electric Motorcycles Kicks Off With 600+ Units

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Kenya’s electric mobility sector is growing nicely, with several players getting significant traction. According to the Electric Mobility Association of Kenya (EMAK), there are over 56 players active in Kenya’s electric mobility sector.

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Ethiopia Updates ICE Vehicle Import Ban To Include Imports of SKD & CKD Kits

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In an unprecedented move over a year ago, Ethiopia became effectively the first country in the world to ban the import of internal combustion engine vehicles. That ban was not some futuristic target for 2030 or 2035. It was an immediate ban on the import of ICE cars. Ethiopia’s motivation?

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Affordable Financing That Plugs Into Existing Asset Financing Ecosystem Set To Boost Electric Motorcycle Adoption in Kenya

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Mastercard Foundation backs affordable e-mobility financing for women and youth entrepreneurs as Roam and 4G Capital launch an electric motorcycle financing program that saves riders KES 500 daily. Long term vehicle financing programs are as not as widely implemented in a lot of countries on the African countries, which raises.

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Rider Completes A 900-Kilometer Electric Motorcycle Trip Across Kenya Using Only A Portable Charger

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A boda boda rider traveled over 900 kilometers from Malaba, on Kenya’s western border with Uganda, to Mombasa, on the southern coast of Kenya, on the ROAM Air electric motorcycle, using only a portable charger. We have been covering developments in the electric motorcycle sector in a number of African.

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Ampersand Leads The Charge As Electric Motorcycle Market Share Surges In Kigali, Rwanda

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Rwanda has some of the most progressive polices in the world for electric vehicles. I had never been to Rwanda, so when I got the chance to visit recently, I was looking forward to getting a feel for how the electric mobility sector is progressing over there. How did it.

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Spiro’s Rapid Progress On The African Continent Shows That The Transition To EVs Is Well Underway

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“I hopped on to an electric motorcycle in Kigali, Rwanda, and I was happy to see that the motorcycle taxi operator was a woman. It’s been a while since I got onto a motorcycle operated by a woman. I was very excited because getting one is like winning the lottery.

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Roam Launches The Second Generation of Its Roam Air Electric Motorcycle In Kenya

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Good things are happening in Africa, especially in the electric vehicle sector. We are starting to see significant traction in a number of countries on the African continent. In Ethiopia, a total ban on the import of fully built internal combustion engine (ICE) cars has resulted in an incredible increase.