Ethiopia, Rwanda pull ahead of Kenya in electric mobility race

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Kenya lags behind Ethiopia and Rwanda in East Africa’s electric vehicle race amid weak policies and incentives.

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Kenya is falling behind Ethiopia and Rwanda in electric mobility adoption despite being one of East Africa’s earliest adopters, weighed down by slow policy action and weak incentives.

Ethiopia and Rwanda, though among the least motorised countries on the continent, now have a bigger share of electric vehicles (EVs) than Kenya, which pioneered the technology regionally.