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Firm eyes untapped Nyanza electric transport market

A battery swapping and charging station at Dunga Beach in Kisumu. [James Wanzala, Standard]

As majority of electric mobility companies concentrate in the city of Nairobi, a new shift of targeting Nyanza's unexploited lake region market is gaining momentum. This is after Kenyan startup E-Safiri, on August 1, launched the first battery charging and swapping station in the lakeside region at Dunga Beach in Kisumu City.

The deal is a SUN-RUN partnership that also involves Glasgow Caledonian University, United Kingdom, Sustainable Transport Africa and KIRI EV Ltd, an electric vehicle and mobility start-up company.

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