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Kenya's Electric Mobility Transformation Can Offer a Model for Other Countries

18 Sep 2022 | Abstracted from We Forum

"With 22 million rides per day, [the motorbike taxi] sector...provides an estimated 1 million direct jobs for drivers...However, these bikes are 10 times more polluting than cars, deteriorating air quality and threatening people’s health.

"The Accelerating E-Mobility Solutions for Social Change partnership...collaborated with e-bike manufacturers to demonstrate how to source local e-bikes and build charging infrastructure."

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