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Afreximbank Extends $50 Million Debt Financing to Spiro Electric Mobility Company

Paul MurungiThe Big Story Transport & LogisticsFebruary 25, 2026February 25, 2026

Afreximbank has extended $50 million in debt financing to African electric mobility company Spiro, as the firm scales up its clean transport infrastructure across the continent. The transaction, first reported…

Uganda’s e-Boda Transition: Counting the Real Cost Behind the Electric Revolution

Brian EmorutCompany News News & AnalysisNovember 4, 2025November 4, 2025

Uganda’s boda boda industry is essential to daily life, moving people and goods, creating jobs, and connecting city and village economies. Any technological shift, therefore, must be assessed not just…

ROSA MALANGO: From a UN diplomat to a Ugandan power broker?

CEO East Africa MagazineNews & Analysis The Big StoryApril 24, 2024April 24, 2024

On 16th October 2023, Uganda’s President, Yoweri Kaguta Museveni, had two meetings with two prospective investors in Uganda. One of the investors was Prometheus, a Polish company that builds unmanned…

Green mobility startup, MAUTO, to create 9000 jobs in Uganda by deploying 140,000 electric motorbikes and 3000 battery charging and swapping centres

Muhereza KyamuteteraCompany News News & AnalysisApril 3, 2023April 3, 2023

MAUTO, the leading electric motorbike and battery-swapping provider has signed a partnership agreement with the government of the Republic of Uganda for the deployment of more than 140,000 electric motorbikes…