The continent is going electric.
Here's where, and who's building it.
Field reporting, teardown videos, and market signal on Africa's EV ecosystem — new entrants, existing players, charging infrastructure, and the tech arriving from Shenzhen to Nairobi.
New iron, new deals, new roadblocks
Curated write-ups on EV developments across Africa — manufacturer entries, policy shifts, and infrastructure builds, drawn from global EV coverage and on-the-ground reporting.
Roam switches on Kenya's first fast-charger for e-bikes and tuk-tuks
The Waiyaki Way station charges any Type-6 light EV in under five minutes, with dozens more planned for Thika, Machakos and Kiambu through 2026.
Read the note →BasiGo and Rubis push electric bus charging beyond Nairobi
New stations at Rubis fuel stops in Athi River, Meru, Nanyuki and Nyeri mark BasiGo's first real step toward inter-city electric bus routes.
Read the note →Kenya's Finance Bill 2026 could tax the EV boom it just kick-started
Proposed levies on imported buses, batteries and chargers threaten margins for BasiGo, Roam and Ampersand just as adoption curves start bending upward.
Read the note →Kenya moves to charge VAT on electric vehicles in a tax policy U-turn
A shift away from years of EV tax exemptions raises the price of entry just as two-wheeler registrations were finally taking off.
Read the note →CATL's sodium-ion batteries enter mass production, aiming for 600km range
Sodium cells are cheaper and more heat-tolerant than lithium-ion — a chemistry shift that matters more in Nairobi traffic than it does in Shenzhen.
Read the note →Egypt breaks ground on a $150M EV plant to become a regional hub
Mansour Automotive's Cairo facility targets 100,000 vehicles a year by 2032 — a bet that assembly-for-Africa can work from the north as well as the south.
Read the note →Straight from the YouTube feed
Test rides, teardown reviews, and market walkthroughs — pulled in directly from @evsamke.
Bring your product to the Kenyan market
EVSamKe works directly with manufacturers looking to test, demo, or launch in East Africa — from two-wheelers to matatu fleets.
- 01 Product sampling and real-world road testing, documented for the channel and written up for the site.
- 02 Introductions across Kenya's EV distributor, fleet, and policy network.
- 03 Market study visits — walking your team through how vehicles actually perform on Kenyan roads and grids.