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Spiro Raises $50 Million As Demand For Its Battery Swapping Infrastructure & EVs Surges Across Africa
Motorcycles are a really big deal in a lot of African countries, with most of them deployed as taxis. Close to 30 million motorcycles on the continent are used in this motorcycle taxi industry. With almost 99% of them still being internal combustion engine motorcycles, there is a huge opportunity … [continued]
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The Future Is Already Here, It’s Just Unevenly Distributed
Preparing to kick off the Burnaby Board of Trade’s 2026 Clean Energy Summit next month felt like the right moment to take inventory. Burnaby sits inside a province where roughly 98% of electricity is already non emitting, hosts a dense cluster of clean energy companies, and also contains a noticeable … [continued]
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Intersolar Africa 2026 to Position Nairobi as East Africa’s Key Hub for Solar & Energy Storage
East Africa is emerging as one of the world’s most dynamic regions for solar power and battery storage. On 3–4 February 2026, Intersolar Africa will take place at the Sarit Expo Centre in Nairobi, expanding from the successful Intersolar Summit Africa in 2025 into a full international exhibition and conference. … [continued]
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Zayed Sustainability Prize Honours Global Pioneers Advancing Progress
US$5.9M awarded to 11 organisations and high schools from the UAE, Brazil, Canada, Nepal, Switzerland, Uganda and across six sustainability categories From AI-enabled diagnostics to Cooling-as-a-Service, this year’s winners deliver locally adapted innovations that empower millions In 18 years, the Prize has scaled solutions reaching more than 411 million people … [continued]
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40% Of Bolt’s Motorcycle Fleet Is Now Electric, Making It Nairobi’s Largest EV Ride-Hailing Provider
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]
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