CleanTechnica EVs

MAY 12, 2025

Several companies operating in key markets are scaling up their operations. Ampersand currently has operations in Rwanda and Kenya. The transition to electric in Africas motorcycle taxi industry is shaping up nicely now. One of the leading players in this industry is Ampersand. Ampersand powers over 5,700 electric motorcycles that.

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CleanTechnica EVs

OCTOBER 12, 2022

Persistent Energy’s Report, titled “A Dozen Markets and Counting, Opportunity For Two Wheel E-Mobility in SSA,” says that three times more motorcycles are imported annually into […]. Some estimates put the number of motorcycles in use on the African continent at around 20 million.

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CleanTechnica EVs

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

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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CleanTechnica EVs

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

The motorcycle sector has been getting attention when it comes to electrification due to the large addressable market. All these motos have the potential to soon be riding on electricity! Electric motorcycles are also […]

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CN EV Post

JANUARY 29, 2024

BYD entered into a partnership with Rwandan distributor CFAO Mobility in 2023, and the local launch of the Atto 3 marks its official entry into the East African market.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

Governments in emerging markets and developing economies: Dominican Republic; Ghana; India – two-wheelers and three-wheelers constitute more than 70% of global sales and more than 80% in India. The declaration is not legally binding and is focused on a global level.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 3, 2017

The Volkswagen brand has established a "Sub-Saharan Africa” region to develop and strengthen its activities in the African market. We will drive forward the development of these new markets in cooperation with various African governments—and gradually strengthen and expand the new Sub-Saharan Africa region. —Thomas Schäfer.

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CleanTechnica EVs

JUNE 28, 2023

The ride-share market as well as the leisure and tourism sectors are also areas with potential in a lot of African countries. […] Two-wheelers are a big deal in a lot of African countries for various applications including for personal mobility, as motorcycle taxis, as well as the growing demand in the last mile delivery sector.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 27, 2019

UPS partnered with GAVI and Zipline in 2016 to deliver blood products to remote locations in Rwanda. This collaboration is the latest UPS program to utilize drone flights in support of healthcare logistics. The Matternet team has already completed more than 3,000 flights for healthcare systems in Switzerland.

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Cars That Think

JULY 29, 2023

The IEEE member from Kigali, Rwanda, participated in installing portable sinks in nearby rural markets to curb the spread of COVID-19 and provided clean water and sanitation services to people displaced by the Mount Nyiragongo volcano eruption in 2021. This provides easy access to records and improves coordination of care.”

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Baua Electric

MARCH 8, 2024

Media coverage of EVs tends to focus on the world’s largest auto markets: North America, Europe and Asia. Until recently, that’s been where most of the action was, but in many smaller markets around the world, voltage levels are starting to rise. In these three markets, both versions start under $25,000.

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Baua Electric

DECEMBER 7, 2024

The $163 million multi-year deal creates a new franchise venture called OX East Africa, and includes delivery of a fleet of OX Delivers electric trucks, along with a multi-year subscription to the companys tech platform and vehicle maintenance services as the company enhances its presence in Rwanda and expands into Uganda, Kenya, and Tanzania.

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Baua Electric

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

Volkswagen Group Africa has officially begun production of a modern electric farm tractor at its multifunctional facility in Gashora, Rwanda in a bid to advance modern, low-emission agricultural initiatives in Africa. We are growing our footprint in Africa and regard Rwanda as a key growth market.

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Cars That Think

DECEMBER 2, 2024

The organization’s headquarters in Geneva is currently, for instance, investigating connectivity credit markets —that would create, according to Giga’s website, incentives akin to the carbon credits marketplace in the sustainable energy world.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 29, 2016

The “Kigali Amendment” resulting from the annual Montreal Protocol Meeting of Parties in October 2016 in Kigali, Rwanda targets phasing down the production of HFCs globally. More than three-quarters of HFC emissions in California come from the use of refrigerants in the commercial, industrial, residential, and transportation sectors.

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CleanTechnica EVs

APRIL 8, 2021

While record market shares in developed nations such as Norway, Germany, and the United Kingdom have been catalyzed by generous incentives and progressive policy, the transition in Africa will most likely be driven by the unit economics in key sectors. The transition to electromobility is now well underway across the globe.

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Cars That Think

MARCH 15, 2024

We know the folks at Zipline pretty well, though, and they’ve certainly made creative engineering work for them, as we saw when we visited one of their “nests” in rural Rwanda. Like, is this really the best way of solving a problem, or is it just the coolest way? We want to be a universal delivery service.

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Blink Charging

APRIL 6, 2023

Based on 2021 sales volumes,” the IEA’s report says, “about 25% of the global car market is subject to a 100% ZEV (zero emission vehicle) sales ambition or target, or ICE ban by 2035 according to government announcements.” Europe has also invested in domestic battery development to increase its own market share.

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 9, 2024

Toshihiro Suzuki, President of Suzuki Motor Corp, who was present at the Vibrant Gujarat Summit, said that the Indian automotive market has been expanding steadily to become the third largest automobile market. This will lead to 1.7 times more production and 2.7 times more exports this year. We will invest in the future.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 11, 2021

Deaths attributable to household air pollution and ambient particulate matter (PM 2.5 ) air pollution in Ethiopia, Ghana, Rwanda, and overall in Africa, 1990–2019. The team devoted special attention to three rapidly developing Sub-Saharan countries: Ethiopia, Ghana and Rwanda. Air pollution was responsible for 1.1 Fisher et al.

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Cars That Think

AUGUST 25, 2021

And not all countries have reliable satellite coverage—in agricultural markets like Kazakhstan, coverage can be unstable. On the market now there are some separate developments from various agricultural-harvesting companies. Your browser does not support the video tag. Cognitive Pilot.

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Cars That Think

AUGUST 25, 2021

And not all countries have reliable satellite coverage—in agricultural markets like Kazakhstan, coverage can be unstable. On the market now there are some separate developments from various agricultural-harvesting companies. Your browser does not support the video tag. Cognitive Pilot.

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