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Kenya Power Plans Special E-Mobility Tariffs In Latest Move To Promote Electric Mobility

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Kenya Power Lighting Company PLC (Kenya Power) owns and operates most of the electricity transmission and distribution system in Kenya. Kenya Power sells electricity to over 8,9 million customers.

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Kenya Signs Deals To Import Fossil Fuels On Credit For 6 Months To Relieve Pressure On Demand For Foreign Currency

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Kenya recently signed some deals with firms from Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to supply diesel, petrol, and jet fuel on credit for the next 6 months to ease mounting pressure on the demand for foreign currency as well as to try to stem the Kenya shillings slide vs. the US dollar […]

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Solutions Africa Introduces Electric Tuk-Tuks In Kenya

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The electric 2-wheeler market in Kenya has been getting a lot of attention. 285,203 ICE motorcycles were registered in Kenya in 2021, so […] There are over 15 startups in the sector that are at different stages in their development. After several years of pilot programs, a lot of them are now ramping up their operations.

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Kenya Power’s E-Mobility Conference Develops Roadmap For Electric Motorization

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Kenya Power Lighting Company PLC (Kenya Power) owns and operates most of the electricity transmission and distribution system in Kenya. Kenya Power sells electricity to over 9 million customers.

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Electric Mobility, Cooking, Energy Storage, & Decarbonization To Anchor Kenya Power’s Growth Plan

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Kenya Power Lighting Company PLC (Kenya Power) owns and operates most of the electricity transmission and distribution system in Kenya. Kenya Power sells electricity to over 8.9 During the year ended 30th June 2022, Kenya Power recorded a 6.6% million customers.

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Kenya Power To Phase Out Fossil Fuel Vehicles & Adopt Electric Vehicles

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The Kenya Power and Lighting Company PLC (Kenya Power) owns and operates most of the electricity transmission and distribution system in the country, and sells electricity to over 8.5 million accounts in Kenya.

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Rivian R1T Pickups Create A Big Buzz in Kenya

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Kenya is one of the best places to drive EVs. Kenya’s grid is very green thanks to some awesome geothermal, wind, utility scale solar, and hydropower plants. All of these clean renewables are responsible for about 90% of the electricity generated in Kenya.

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Electric Vehicle Leasing Firm Equator Mobility Ramping Up In Kenya

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Equator Mobility, previously known as META Electric, is ramping up its operations in Kenya, with the objective of catalyzing the transition to electric mobility.

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Shipment Of 15 BYD K6 Electric Buses For BasiGo Arrives Into Port Of Mombasa, Kenya

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BasiGo now has 17 electric buses in total in Kenya. This is the largest ever shipment of electric buses in the region and the shipment marks the launch of BasiGo’s commercial phase after a very successful 6-month pilot program. The 15 […].

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Motorcycle Registrations Were Up 17% In Kenya In 2020

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Motorcycles sales in Kenya increased yet again in 2020, breaking the trend where sharp declines in registration were observed across the other motor vehicle segments. growth in motor- and auto-cycles was recorded last year, according to the latest Economic Survey from the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (KNBS).

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Ampersand Partners With TotalEnergies Kenya To Roll Out Electric Motorcycle Battery Swapping Stations In Kenya

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Kenya’s motorcycle industry is booming, buoyed by the ever growing motorcycle taxi (Boda Boda) industry. There are over 2 million motorcycles registered in Kenya.

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Family Bank & BasiGo Sign Electric Bus Financing Deal In Kenya

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Financing facilities are critical to the growth of any sector, and this will be a key enabler for Kenya’s electric mobility industry. In a major boost for electric mobility in Kenya, we are now seeing some solid partnerships between financial […].

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Opibus Introduces The First Locally Designed & Developed Electric Bus In Kenya

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Opibus, a Swedish-Kenyan technology company that develops, designs, and manufactures electric vehicles tailored for the African continent, has just introduced the first all-electric bus in Kenya. Opibus designed and developed the electric bus in Kenya.

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Motorcycle Registrations Up 16% In Kenya In 2021

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Motorcycle sales in Kenya were up 15.6% growth in the lockdown-affected 2020, according to the latest Economic Survey from the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (KNBS). This follows an impressive 17.4% Motorcycle registrations jumped from 246,705 units in 2020 to 285,203 units in 2021.

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STIMA, Mogo, & Bolt Form Partnership To Spread Electric Motorcycles In Kenya

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The motorcycle sector is now the biggest vehicle segment in Kenya. The number of motorcycles registered in 2021 was more than 1.5 times the number of motorcycles registered in 2018! This is impressive growth over the past 6 years.

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Kenya Electricity Generating Company (KenGen) Buys Hyundai Kona EVs & JAC Electric Pickup Trucks!

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Kenya Electricity Generating Company PLC (KenGen) has an installed generation capacity of 1,904 MW, of which over 86% is drawn from green sources, namely: hydro (826 MW), geothermal (799 MW), and wind (25.5 The rest (253 MW) is generated from fossil fuels at its thermal power plants.

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Kenya’s Largest Commercial Bank, KCB, Partners With BasiGo Kenya To Finance Electric Buses For Public Transport Operators

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In a major boost for electric mobility in Kenya, the country’s largest commercial bank, KCB Bank Kenya Limited, a subsidiary of KCB Group Plc, has partnered with BasiGo to finance electric buses for public transport operators.

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Kenya Elections: Electric Mobility, Utility Scale Battery Storage, Energy Efficiency & Green Hydrogen Feature Prominently

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Kenya has done really well when it comes to increasing the share of renewable energy in its electricity generation mix. According to the latest Economic Survey from the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (KNBS), in 2021, Kenya’s total installed electricity generation capacity increased by 5.4% to 2,990 MW.

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Basigo Secures $6.6 Million In New Funding To Start Commercial Delivery Of Electric Buses In Kenya

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Headquartered in Nairobi, Kenya, the company offers electric buses along with charging and maintenance services for public service bus operators. BasiGo makes electric buses […].

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NopeaRide Is Launching SolarHub EV Charging Stations In Kenya

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EkoRent Africa’s NopeaRide, Africa’s first all-electric ride-hailing taxi firm and delivery service (Nopea Xpress), has received funding from EEP Africa for piloting solar electric vehicle charging stations in Kenya. The first hub will be […].

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Volkswagen plans integrated mobility concept in Rwanda; vehicle production in Kenya

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Volkswagen also this week inaugurated a vehicle production facility in Kenya. At the inauguration, Diess underlined Kenya’s key role within the Volkswagen brand’s Africa strategy: “ After over 60 years of Volkswagen vehicle production in South and North Africa, I am delighted to now have a further site in Kenya. 1 or the e-Golf.

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Pancontinental says first oil discovered offshore Kenya

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The Sunbird-1 oil is the historic first-ever oil discovery offshore Kenya. We believe that this is a play- opening discovery in Kenya’s Lamu Basin. Because of the Sunbird discovery we expect to see a significant increase in industry interest offshore Kenya. —Barry Rushworth, Pancontinental’s CEO. Location map.

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Uber Partnering With Opibus After Successful Pilot In Kenya, Aims To Deploy Up To 3,000 Electric Motorcycles By End Of 2022

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After the successful completion of a pilot program in Kenya, Opibus and Uber have announced a strategic partnership to scale the use of electric motorcycles in Africa.

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Building a Fleet of Personal EVs in Kenya

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One startup trying to solve this problem is ARC Ride , in Nairobi, Kenya. It also has plans to expand to other cities in Kenya as well as neighboring countries in East Africa. “We Founded in 2020, the company sells a variety of EVs, including e-bikes, scooters, motorcycles, and tuktuks.

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JUMIA Partners With BILITI Electric To Add Electric 3-Wheelers To Its Delivery Fleet

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The partnership will introduce electric tuk-tuks to JUMIA’s delivery fleet in Kenya. The two companies have successfully completed the pilot project and are set to scale the fleet within Kenya in the first phase, and eventually […].

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Ecobodaa Kenya Is Launching Its Next Generation Electric Motorcycle — The Umeme 3000

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The Kenyan electric motorcycle company Ecobodaa will soon launch its next generation electric motorcycle, the Umeme 3000. Umeme is Swahili for electricity.

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Trademark Hotel Launches Electric Car Hotel Transfer Service in Nairobi

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The Trademark Hotel has become the first hotel in Kenya to adopt electric vehicles for its passenger shuttle service. Trademark is a 4-star hotel situated in Nairobi’s Gigiri area. Gigiri is also where the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) is based.

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Kiri EV Assembles First Batch Of Electric Cargo 3-Wheelers For Last Mile Deliveries In Refugee Camp

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Kiri EV is an electric vehicle startup based in Nairobi, Kenya, founded by Christopher Mukiri Maara. The name Kiri was inspired by his middle name Mukiri, which means “The Quiet One,” which is pretty cool since electric vehicles are quite silent.

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META Electric Starts Leasing BYD T3 Electric Vans In Kenya

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Africa could be on the verge of another incredible leapfrog event. We have seen it before with the telecommunications and fintech industries. Once the underserved and unbanked population were introduced to the world of mobile phones, and subsequently mobile money, they quickly jumped in.

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A Fast Transition To Electric Mobility Can Help Reduce Kenya’s Widening Trade Deficit

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Kenya has done really well to grow the share of renewables in its electricity generation mix. Renewables provided 89% of Kenya’s electricity generation in 2021 thanks to contributions from geothermal, wind, hydro, and some utility-scale solar.

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Kenya’s Fuel Subsidy Could Have Bought 28,000 Electric Buses!

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Petroleum products contribute a significant portion of Kenya’s annual import bill. Petroleum products imported by Kenya increased by 12.0% Kenya’s fuel subsidy program that was rolled out to cushion consumers from skyrocketing petrol, diesel, and kerosene prices has been a hot topic in […].

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Roam Rolls Out The First-Ever Electric Mass-Transit Bus Operation In Kenya!

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The transport sector is one of the major contributors to Kenya’s greenhouse gas emissions. […]. Roam has announced the milestone launch of the first-ever electric, public mass transit bus operation in Nairobi.

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Tom Morton Drives His 62 kWh Nissan Leaf 345 KM Non-Stop From Kisumu To Nairobi!

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Kenya is one of the best places for electric vehicles. The grid is very green, with over 90% of electricity generated from renewable energy sources such as hydro, geothermal, wind, and some utility-scale solar. During the late night/off-peak period, demand drops from a peak of just over 2,000 MW to just a little over 1,000 […].

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KCB Foundation & UNITAR Partner To Promote Electric Motorbikes For Boda-Boda Riders In Kenya

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As part of the effort towards accelerating the transition to a low-carbon resilient economy and enable the transition of 25% of the total loan portfolio to green investments by 2025, and also as part of the KCB Net Zero ambition, The KCB Foundation and the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) have partnered […].

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Roam Launches Next-Generation Electric Motorcycle — The Roam Air

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Motorcycles are a really big deal in Kenya and across the rest […]. The Roam Air is designed both for urban and rural environments. Several years of research and months of development were dedicated to building the optimal electric motorcycle for Africa.

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Maasai Wilderness Conservation Trust Announces Pilot Project With Rivian Driving Protection of East African Ecosystems & Communities

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A few months ago, 4 Rivian R1T pickups caused quite a scene in Nairobi, Kenya. One morning people woke up and saw that videos of the Rivians driving along one of Nairobi’s famous streets were trending on Twitter. This sparked a huge discussion with people wondering how the Rivians had found their way to this […].

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Deadline for applying for Keeling Curve Prize is 10 Feb; $250K for 10 projects

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Previous winners have fixed carbon into stone in Iceland, produced biofuels in Kenya, and helped corporations around the world set and achieve emissions goals. The competition is open until 10 Feb to applicants from around the world. of the International Institute for Environment and Development; Dr. Brenda Ekwurzel, Ph.D.,

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Rivian partners with Maasai Wilderness Conservation to support conservation efforts

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Rivian is partnering with the Massai Wilderness Conservation Trust (MWCT) on a pilot project with four R1T all-electric trucks working in the Chyulu Hills of Kenya. The EVs enable MWCT to continue its conservation work as efficiently and environmentally friendly as possible.

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Ampersand Secures $9 Million Debt Facility From US International DFC To Scale Operations

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A number of startups focused on electrifying the motorcycle and motorcycle taxi (boda-boda) market have now entered the boda-boda space in Kenya, Uganda, and Rwanda. They have adopted several models, including battery leasing and swapping services, hoping to entice boda-boda operators with the lower opex costs of electric motorcycles.

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Electric Motorcycle Startup Kiri EV Scaling Up After 12 Month Pilot In Nairobi

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Kiri EV is an electric vehicle startup based in Nairobi, Kenya. It was founded by Christopher Mukiri Maara. The name Kiri was inspired by his middle name, Mukiri, which means “The Quiet One” — which is pretty cool since electric vehicles are quite silent. “We We are working to prove that electric vehicles will play a […].

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BYD K6 Minibuses Being Piloted In Kenya’s Matatu Industry

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Small 14- to 35-seater minibus taxis, known as matatus, play a major role in providing transport services for urban commutes in Kenya. Estimates put Kenya’s minibus and bus fleet at just over 100,000 vehicles. Matatu is Swahili for the number three. It is believed the name stuck from the 1970s when the fare was 3p. […].

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Could Zimbabwe’s Public Transport Chaos Catalyze The Adoption Of Electric Scooters For Personal Mobility?

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Siemens Stiftung’s “Testing E-Mobility Business Models at WE Hub Victoria Limited in Kenya” report aptly highlights the importance of mobility in the introduction section of the report by stating that “Mobility is the basis for the overall development of a society: it gives the population access to jobs, markets, social facilities, and health care.

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Future Fuel Strategies: 40+ countries developing light-duty vehicle fuel economy standards

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Several countries in the last year—including Kenya, Chile, the Philippines and Thailand—have implemented LDV fuel economy policies. All are among the top 15 vehicle markets worldwide: nearly 80% of new LDVs sold globally are currently subject to some kind of GHG emission or fuel economy standards.