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Fika Mobility Wants To Jumpstart The Kenyan Electric Motorcycle Market With Battery Swap Model

February 18, 2020 admin africa, autonomous vehicles, batteries, battery swapping, bicycles, bodawerk, cars, clean transport, cleantechnica, cleantechnica exclusive, consumer technology, diani, east africa, electric bikes, electric cars, Electric vehicles, ev batteries, ev battery swapping, ev charging, gogoro, Kenya, kilifi, lithium-ion batteries, malindi, mombasa, motorcycles + scooters, nakuru, rift valley, sustainable transport africa (sta), unep, watamu

Credit to Author: Remeredzai Joseph Kuhudzai| Date: Tue, 18 Feb 2020 19:10:21 +0000

According to the Motorcycle Assemblers Association of Kenya, there are currently about 600,000 commercial motorcycles in Kenya. Motorcycle taxis, known as Boda Bodas, are extremely popular, as commuters use them to whiz through Nairobi’s infamous traffic. Boba Bobas are also widely used in Kenya’s coastal resort towns, like Malindi, Watamu, Kilifi, Diani, the city of Mombasa, Rift Valley towns like Nakuru, and the inland port city Kisumu in Western Kenya

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‘Unprecedented’ Swarms of Locusts Are Devouring Crops and Slamming Into Planes in East Africa

January 24, 2020 admin east africa, ethiopia, Kenya, locusts, Somalia, UN

Credit to Author: David Gilbert| Date: Fri, 24 Jan 2020 13:53:07 +0000

It’s the worst locust infestation Kenya has seen in 70 years.

CleanTech Energy News

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

August 22, 2019 admin clean power, d.light, east africa, geothermal energy, Kenya, kimani chege, m-kopa, Solar energy, tanzania, Uganda, wind energy

Credit to Author: The Beam| Date: Wed, 21 Aug 2019 08:00:59 +0000

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