Credit to Author: Remeredzai Joseph Kuhudzai| Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2024 16:20:34 +0000
CFAO Mobility in Rwanda has just launched East Africa’s first BYD car dealership in Kigali. The showroom is located in … [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: Wed, 08 Feb 2023 20:51:41 +0000
Africa hosts an estimated 27 million motorbikes (motos), out of which 80% is estimated to be used for commercial taxi service. All these motos have the potential to soon be riding on electricity! The motorcycle sector has been getting attention when it comes to electrification due to the large addressable market. Electric motorcycles are also […]
Credit to Author: Remeredzai Joseph Kuhudzai| Date: Fri, 09 Dec 2022 17:30:52 +0000
Ampersand, one of the pioneers in the African electric motorcycle sector, is ramping up its operations. Ampersand was founded in 2014 in Kigali, Rwanda, and quickly started work on motorbike and battery prototypes which were put on road to get real data in the actual conditions that the motorcycles would be used by customers in […]
Credit to Author: Remeredzai Joseph Kuhudzai| Date: Tue, 18 Oct 2022 11:00:06 +0000
Equatorial Power’s business model integrates the delivery of productive energy with water purification, agri-processing services, business incubation and e-mobility. This is in line with its vision to provide universal access to productive electricity and clean water in a truly holistic approach centered around the customer and enabled by the latest technology. Equatorial’s website says, “We […]
Credit to Author: Remeredzai Joseph Kuhudzai| Date: Wed, 12 Oct 2022 21:47:46 +0000
Some estimates put the number of motorcycles in use on the African continent at around 20 million. Estimates also say around 5 million of these are in East Africa. 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 […]
Credit to Author: Remeredzai Joseph Kuhudzai| Date: Wed, 28 Sep 2022 13:00:16 +0000
Reliable, affordable, and sustainable energy access has been a challenge for rural communities in Africa. Although 18% of the world’s population live in Africa, less than 6% of global energy use is from Africa. 600 million Africans still lack access to electricity. Energy access for productive use can create value, by increasing productivity, income and […]
Credit to Author: Remeredzai Joseph Kuhudzai| Date: Fri, 01 Apr 2022 16:25:33 +0000
Rwandese company SAFIRUN, mostly known for pioneering eco-friendly delivery and logistics services in Kigali, has been working on various green-transport solutions for goods and services using electric scooters, electric bikes, and electric vans over the past four years. On the micromobility side, sister firm GURARIDE, a green e-mobility public bike-share (PBS) transport system company, has […]
Credit to Author: World Resources Institute| Date: Mon, 24 Feb 2020 04:12:04 +0000
Climate actions have often fallen into one of two strategies: mitigation efforts to lower or remove greenhouse gas emissions from the atmosphere, and adaptation efforts to adjust systems and societies to withstand the impacts of climate change. The separation has led to the misinformed view that addressing climate change means pursuing either mitigation or adaptation
Credit to Author: Jacek Fior| Date: Mon, 13 Jan 2020 02:57:39 +0000
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