Credit to Author: Remeredzai Joseph Kuhudzai| Date: Thu, 07 Dec 2023 21:11:51 +0000
BasiGo, one of Africa’s leading electric bus solution providers, has just secured $5 million in debt funding from British International … [continued]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Remeredzai Joseph Kuhudzai| Date: Thu, 30 Nov 2023 21:19:07 +0000
A lot of projects go ahead on the basis of some positive business cases, underpinned by the quest to solve … [continued]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Remeredzai Joseph Kuhudzai| Date: Fri, 10 Nov 2023 20:02:12 +0000
BasiGo, an e-mobility company that is working on bringing the future of clean, electric public transport to sub-Saharan Africa, recently … [continued]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Remeredzai Joseph Kuhudzai| Date: Fri, 26 May 2023 16:35:39 +0000
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. A Kenyan Airways Boeing 787-800 (B787-8) Dreamliner took off from Nairobi’s Jomo Kenyatta International Airport to Amsterdam Schiphol yesterday morning, and was the first Kenya Airways […]
Credit to Author: Remeredzai Joseph Kuhudzai| Date: Thu, 25 May 2023 15:35:00 +0000
Kenya’s Energy and Petroleum Regulatory Authority (EPRA) recently approved new electricity tariffs effective April 1st. As part of this latest tariff review, EPRA introduced a special tariff regime for the electric mobility sector. The new e-mobility tariff has been set at 16 Kenyan shillings for energy consumption up to 15,000 kWh during peak periods and […]
Credit to Author: Remeredzai Joseph Kuhudzai| Date: Mon, 22 May 2023 21:43:18 +0000
The transition to electric mobility is gaining momentum around the world. We regularly get updates on sales charts from several markets around the world right here on CleanTechnica. Most of the time, we get good news of record market share for electric vehicles in the new vehicle sales charts in these market updates. It’s great […]
Credit to Author: Remeredzai Joseph Kuhudzai| Date: Sun, 21 May 2023 14:10:45 +0000
The transition to electric mobility is well underway in a lot of places around the world. Electric buses are some of the major contributors. It’s always good to hear about the progress in the electric bus space. Shenzhen China is perhaps the most well known for a fast transition to an electric bus fleet. Electric […]
Credit to Author: Remeredzai Joseph Kuhudzai| Date: Fri, 12 May 2023 17:25:38 +0000
Metrotrans Ltd, one of Nairobi’s leading public transport operators, has announced the introduction of 5 electric buses as part of its fleet. 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. In Kenya, a lot of Sacco members […]
Credit to Author: Remeredzai Joseph Kuhudzai| Date: Wed, 15 Feb 2023 16:01:04 +0000
Super Metro Sacco, one of Nairobi’s leading public transport operators, has just introduced its first electric bus as part of its fleet. Supplied by Kenyan electric mobility start-up BasiGo, the 25-seater K6 electric bus started operating yesterday and will ply the CBD to Kikuyu and CBD to Kitengela routes. The bus is the first of […]
Credit to Author: Remeredzai Joseph Kuhudzai| Date: Wed, 25 Jan 2023 16:30:29 +0000
The transition to electric mobility is happening faster than previously thought. Electric buses provide a key pathway to increasing access to more sustainable transport for the majority, especially in developing countries. Electric buses coupled with the right business models can usher a new era in Africa’s mass transit sector and also catalyze the manufacturing sector, […]