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It’s All In The Numbers! A Deep Dive Into ICE Motorcycle Fleet Data Convinces Kimosop…

September 2, 20204 years ago Remeredzai Joseph Kuhudzai 0 Comments

Motorcycle taxis are the most preferred mode of last-mile connectivity in East Africa. Unfortunately, motorcycle taxis in Africa’s urban cities are one of the main sources of pollution and chaos on the roads. By building a product that reduces the rider’s expenses in terms of maintenance, fueling, and asset acquisition of the motorcycle taxis, Ecobodaa hopes to build a more resilient and sustainable urban mobility solution.

Japan’s Disappointing EV Sales Are Bad For Africa, & Here’s Why

August 8, 20204 years ago Remeredzai Joseph Kuhudzai 0 Comments

A potential bottleneck could come quite soon on the used EV supply side. Thanks to Japanese OEM’s love of mild hybrids and their quest to prolong the ICE age as long as possible, sales of EVs in Japan have been very disappointing. Sales have been so poor that the market share of EVs in Japan was recently just under 1%.

Africa’s Low Motorization Levels Present An Opportunity For Another Leapfrog Event

August 7, 20204 years ago Remeredzai Joseph Kuhudzai 0 Comments

Even counting used vehicles, the majority of African countries still have very low levels of motorization compared to countries in the developed world. Only a handful of countries have motorization rates above 100 vehicles per 1,000 people.

We Hope To See More Electric Buses On The Roads As More African Cities Move…

August 6, 20204 years ago Remeredzai Joseph Kuhudzai 0 Comments

As more and more cities start zoning in on the financial benefits of switching to electric buses, we hope they start to deploy more electric buses on their city routes. Some progress has been made across several countries.

Driving Electric In Africa Is A Whole Lot Cheaper Than Driving ICE: Part 3

July 31, 20204 years ago Remeredzai Joseph Kuhudzai 0 Comments

We continue with our push to show that driving electric in Africa can be a whole lot cheaper than driving ICE. How cheap? In some cases, driving electric is as good as driving for free thanks some really cheap residential electricity tariffs in several countries.

Uganda’s Kiira Motors: Electric Bus Pilot Program & Jinja EV Factory Construction Update

July 22, 20204 years ago Remeredzai Joseph Kuhudzai 0 Comments

Ugandan electric vehicle manufacturing firm Kiira Motors wants to take advantage of all those clean electrons to power the transition to electromobility in Uganda and beyond. Kiira has also been running a pilot for its Kayoola Electric buses. We caught up with Kiira Motors CEO Mr. Paul Isaac Musasizi to find out how the pilot has gone so far.

Uganda-Based Bodawerk’s Electric Tractors, Motorcycle Conversion Kits, Threshing & Milling Machines Look Set To Transform…

July 19, 20204 years ago Remeredzai Joseph Kuhudzai 0 Comments

The company’s mobility products are built from recycled and upcycled materials. Up to 90% of the materials used are sourced locally, with only the electric motors imported from China. They assemble their battery packs using the standard 18650 cells recovered from old laptops, which allows them to lower the costs of their products significantly to levels that are more affordable for their target market.

How The Zayed Sustainable Prize Makes A Difference — 4 Interviews

January 12, 20204 years ago Jacek Fior 0 Comments

I thought I would go back to the Zayed Sustainability Prize winners from last year to check what has changed and how the prize has impacted their operations.

Strong E-Mobility Focus At The Recent Lake Basin Region Innovation & Investment Week In Kisumu

November 25, 20194 years ago Remeredzai Joseph Kuhudzai 0 Comments

Siemens Stiftung Foundation, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit GmbH (GIZ), Powering Agriculture, and Wetu recently organized an electric mobility conference in Kisumu, Kenya.

Photo by Zach Shahan, CleanTechnica

East African Countries Seek The Right Energy Mix: The Heavy Task Of Choosing One’s Path

August 21, 20195 years ago The Beam 0 Comments

Kenya taps most of its energy needs from dams built between 1970 and early the ’80s along Tana River, the country’s biggest river. Several other dams built on other rivers bring the total installed hydropower capacity to 743 MW, which makes up more than half of the country’s power sources.