Plug-in hybrids are the hottest thing in South Africa right now in terms of sales growth. Sales of plug-in hybrids (PHEVs) were up 280% in 2025 compared with sales figures from 2024. That’s because 738 PHEVs were sold in 2024 and 2,808 PHEVs were sold in 2025 in the passenger … [continued]
China is supplying low cost solar panels to many African nations, including South Africa. Doing so also increases its political power.
From left to right: Fely Lukwaka Samuna, Director of Exposure Sarl; Nguyen Hoang Phuong, CEO of Vingroup Africa; Fiston Lukwebo Musengo, Provincial Minister for Public–Private Partnerships, Trade and Industry; and Jésus-Noël Sheke Wa Domene, Provincial Minister for Planning, Budget, Transport and Urban Mobility, at the signing ceremony. (Vingroup photo)
Vingroup announced separate strategic agreements in late December to develop urban infrastructure and green public transport networks in Uzbekistan and the Democratic Republic of Congo. The Vietnamese conglomerate signed a trilateral Memorandum of Understanding with the City of Kinshasa and Exposure SARL on Dec. 29 to modernize the African capital’s … [continued]
This site is focused on cleantech for a reason. So many people are champions of cleantech because we want to protect human life and safety (and also life on Earth beyond humans). Every tech site covers solar and EVs now, because they’re simply “cool new tech.” Every automotive site covers … [continued]
Zambia’s grid is mostly powered by renewables. 87% of its installed capacity, which now stands at around 3.9GW, is from renewables. In terms of the contribution from renewables to electricity generation, about 93% of the renewable component is from hydro, and 6% from solar. Overall, renewables contributed 89% of the … [continued]
Ampersand Energy recently announced a partnership to run the Wylex electric motorcycle on its batteries and existing swap network across East Africa. This marks a major step forward for Ampersand, one of the pioneers of electric transport in Africa, and for Wylex Mobility, a leading electric motorcycle manufacturer. The partnership … [continued]
Kenya’s electric motorcycle journey is a beautiful story characterized by tremendous innovation and sheer determination by a group of locally based companies working to address the real pain points of traditional ICE motorcycle users. This has resulted in the tens of companies that are now active in the Kenyan electric … [continued]
Kenya’s electric motorcycle ecosystem is now starting to flourish thanks to the hard work and vision of several innovators over the past 8 years which saw a tremendous opportunity to transform one of the key pillars of the county’s transport landscape. The share of electric motorcycles in new motorcycle registrations … [continued]
The impressive technological progress in the solar industry over the past decade has resulted in a drastic reduction in prices of solar panels. This has accelerated the adoption of solar around the world. Having lagged compared to other places, solar panel shipments to a lot of African countries have surged … [continued]
Over 9,200 solar panels have been installed at VWGA to date, generating 7,125 MWh annually. The impressive technological progress in the solar industry over the past decade has resulted in a drastic reduction in prices of solar panels. This has accelerated the adoption of solar around the world. Having lagged … [continued]
