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Radio France Internationale
Radio France Internationale
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Melissa Chemam

Meet the Kenyans on a roll manufacturing electric vehicles of the future

Celeste Tchetgen Vogel, co-founder & CEO of eWaka, a company focused on electric vehicles and e-mobility in Nairobi, shows RFI their latest e-bike, on 7 May 2023. © RFI/Melissa Chemam

Nairobi, Kenya – Electric mobility is emerging as a key issue across the African continent, with cleaner transport high on the agenda at the Africa Forward summit, in Nairobi, organised jointly by France and Kenya. RFI met some of the pioneers of the future's electric vehicles, who are inspiring a new generation in the process.

For those who know the traffic conditions in Kenya's capital, Nairobi, the daily gridlock can strand people for hours amid cars, trucks and other vehicles. Those who cannot afford to drive rely on either matatus, the local minibuses, or motorbikes, known as boda boda.

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