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Spiro Closes $270 Million to Build Africa’s Electric Mobility Machine
The African EV startup has now raised over $415 million, with its latest round drawing Chinese investment capital into a continent-wide battery-swapping bet
Is Ghana Becoming a Testing Ground for Chinese Electric Vehicles?
With a large EV fleet in Africa and a zero-duty import window, Ghana has become an attractive market for Chinese automakers
EV Startup Spiro Raises $215 Million to Wire Africa for Electric Mobility
The battery-swapping startup has moved past proof-of-concept. Now it wants to electrify millions of motorcycles — and build a distributed clean-energy grid in the process.
Africa EV MAX Mobility Raises $8 Million for Fleet Expansion and Battery Swap Infrastructure
MAX secures debt funding from Dutch impact investor Triple Jump — and it's a signal that institutional money is finally taking African EV infrastructure seriously.
Nigeria Is Taxing Petrol-Guzzling SUVs — and Using the Money to Go Green
Africa's most populous nation has introduced a tiered green levy on large-engine vehicles, part of a sweeping fiscal overhaul that also slashes duties on EVs and essential goods
EV Startup GoSwap Secures Seed Funding to Electrify Morocco
GoSwap, a Casablanca-based startup specializing in automated battery swapping for electric scooters, has closed its first round of…
Ghana Sets EV Charging Electricity Rate for First Time
The Public Utilities Regulatory Commission (PURC) has introduced a dedicated tariff for commercial electric vehicle charging — the…
EV Startup Roam Launches AI-Enabled Platform for Real Time Tracking of Electric Fleets in Africa
Kenyan electric mobility leader Roam just launched Roam Explorer, an AI-driven intelligence platform designed to solve the “visibility…
EV Startup Spiro Secures $50 Million to Scale Its Operations in Africa
Spiro, Africa’s largest e-mobility operator, has secured $50 million in debt financing to scale its operations. The funding…
EV Startups Spiro and ARC Ride Raise New Capital As Electric Motorcycles Sees Growth
Kenya’s electric motorcycle sector is hitting a commercial “tipping point” as institutional investors shift from experimental pilots to…