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A Pay-As-You-Go Electric Truck Is Making Deliveries on Rwanda’s Dirt Roads
The Global Vehicle Trust launched OX Delivers in 2020 and although it’s headquartered in Warwickshire, England, the company describes it as an African-led operation.
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- Transportation
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Wahu Mobility Secures Strategic Investment from Blue Lion: Accelerating Sustainable Mobility in Africa
Wahu, functioning as a climate-smart innovation hub, is dedicated to revolutionizing urban transportation through mobility solutions.
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- Energy, Investing, Technology, Transportation
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Ghana Greenlights First Lithium Mine with Eye on Electric Vehicle Boom
The Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources granted Barari DV Ghana Limited a 15-year lease on the mine.
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- Energy, Technology, Transportation
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- electric vehicles, mining
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Russian Automaker Enters the Ethiopian Market, Injecting Vitality into Economic Ties
Over the last few years Ethiopia’s government has introduced a range of tax-friendly incentives to encourage car makers to open local operations.
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- Technology, Transportation
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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A New $850 Million Route to Speed Up Congo’s Copper Exports
The project could ease the burden on strained existing infrastructure.
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- Transportation
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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MCC Awards Kenya $60 Million to Help Improve Urban Transport
Threshold grants help countries to reduce constraints to faster economic growth and increase transparency and accountability in the provision of public services.
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- Investing, Technology, Transportation
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Analysis: South Africa’s Struggling State Logistics Company Is Strangling the Economy
The crisis around rail and ports compounds the problems created by rolling blackouts caused by inefficiencies at ailing electricity utility Eskom.
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- Technology, Transportation
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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UNCTAD Calls for Bold Global Action to Decarbonize Shipping and Ensure a Just Transition
The Review of Maritime Transport 2023 urges swift action and system-wide collaboration to decarbonize maritime transport amid growing carbon emissions and regulatory uncertainty.
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- Technology, Transportation
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- Global