CleanTechnica EVs

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

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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CleanTechnica EVs

MAY 12, 2023

In Kenya, a lot of Sacco members […] Metrotrans is a Nairobi-based Savings and Credit Cooperative Society (Sacco), whose fleet plies Nairobi routes with an aim to promote efficient and sustainable public transportation systems.

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CleanTechnica EVs

FEBRUARY 12, 2023

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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CleanTechnica EVs

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

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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CleanTechnica EVs

DECEMBER 19, 2022

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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CleanTechnica EVs

AUGUST 25, 2022

As the Siemens Stiftung’s “Testing E-Mobility Business Models at WE Hub Victoria Limited in Kenya” field report says, “Mobility is the basis for the overall development of a society: it gives the population access to jobs, markets, social facilities, and health care. In addition, mobility itself creates jobs.”

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CleanTechnica EVs

APRIL 4, 2023

Kenya and the European Commission have reached an agreement for a €347.6 million financing arrangement for East Africa’s first dedicated electric bus rapid lane.

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CleanTechnica EVs

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

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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CleanTechnica EVs

MAY 26, 2023

Kenya Airways (KQ) is participating in the second edition of the Sustainable Flight Challenge (TSFC), an initiative of SkyTeam. The initiative is a friendly competition between SkyTeam member airlines.

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CleanTechnica EVs

JUNE 22, 2022

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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CleanTechnica EVs

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

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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CleanTechnica EVs

JANUARY 19, 2022

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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CleanTechnica EVs

MARCH 17, 2023

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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CleanTechnica EVs

MAY 10, 2022

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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CleanTechnica EVs

OCTOBER 14, 2022

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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CleanTechnica EVs

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

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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CleanTechnica EVs

JULY 19, 2022

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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CleanTechnica EVs

NOVEMBER 25, 2022

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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CleanTechnica EVs

OCTOBER 6, 2022

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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CleanTechnica EVs

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

The mass transit sector in a lot of African countries is served by private operators using diesel buses of varying capacities. These could range from 14-seater small buses/shuttle vans to 30- to 40-seater buses. Some operators also use higher capacity buses with the capacity to ferry over 60 passengers.

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CleanTechnica EVs

APRIL 9, 2021

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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CleanTechnica EVs

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

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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Green Car Congress

JUNE 17, 2014

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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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 23, 2016

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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Cars That Think

AUGUST 18, 2022

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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CleanTechnica EVs

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

The Autopax Air EV Yetu is a fascinating car, and an interesting development for Kenya. That is because the Autopax Air EV Yetu actually a rebadged Wuling Air in collaboration SAIC-GM-Wuling. The Air Yetu EV will soon be assembled in Thika, near Nairobi. Yetu is Swahili for “Ours,’’ so its means the car is called […]

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CleanTechnica EVs

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

I was fortunate to get a chance to sit in one and check it out in Nairobi, Kenya. A right-hand drive Rivian R1T Pickup? Yes, you read that correctly. From the information I gathered, this is one of the only ones made so far and this was for a special purpose, joining some of the […]

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CleanTechnica EVs

DECEMBER 14, 2021

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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CleanTechnica EVs

JULY 7, 2023

The Group is headquartered in Nairobi, Kenya, with subsidiaries in Kenya, Rwanda, South Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, and Burundi. The KCB Group is the largest financial services organization in East Africa in terms of asset size.

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CleanTechnica EVs

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

So far, the company has financed the purchase of over 100 electric assets in Kenya. Watu says it has been at the forefront of asset financing for two- and three-wheeler vehicles. Watu’s e-motorbike financing model enables customers to acquire an electric motorcycle for as little as Ksh 450 daily (US$3 per day).

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CleanTechnica EVs

JUNE 26, 2023

Motorcycle taxis, popularly known as boda bodas, are a vital pillar of the transport ecosystem in Kenya. There are millions of boda bodas in Kenya as well as in the rest of the East African region, and there are millions more in West and Central Africa. In Kenya, President William Ruto attended the launch of […]

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CleanTechnica EVs

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

As shared recently in an article on the largest ever electric mobility parade on the African continent, held last week in Nairobi, Kenya, a lot of progress has been made of the last 7 or so years in Kenya’s electric mobility sector.

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CleanTechnica EVs

AUGUST 7, 2023

The global transition to electric mobility is going to be a game-changer for the African continent, and especially for the people living and working in rural areas of the continent. These areas are severely underserved in terms of transport services for people and their goods.

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CleanTechnica EVs

MARCH 28, 2023

Kenya Power Lighting Company PLC (Kenya Power) recently submitted an application for a tariff review to Kenya’s energy regulator EPRA. One thing that stood out in Kenya Power’s initial application for me was a proposed special tariff for electric mobility.

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CleanTechnica EVs

AUGUST 24, 2023

There has been a lot of attention on electrifying the motorcycle industry on the African continent. That is because the motorcycle sector in Africa is one of the largest vehicle segments on the continent. There are over 27 million ICE motorbikes registered across Africa, with around 80% of them used in the motorcycle taxi industry. […]

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CleanTechnica EVs

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

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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CleanTechnica EVs

JULY 25, 2023

As the transition to electric mobility accelerates around the world, several companies are working hard to ensure that the African continent is not left behind. One of the key focus areas in several African countries has been on the electric motorcycle sector.

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