Kampala, Uganda | ENTEBBENEWS.NET | Africa’s electric mobility company Spiro has signed a strategic partnership with Yadea, the world’s largest manufacturer of electric two-wheelers, to scale sustainable electric transport across the African continent.
The collaboration brings together Yadea’s global manufacturing and research and development capabilities with Spiro’s operational network and battery-swapping ecosystem across seven African countries. The two companies aim to build a commercially sustainable electric vehicle framework to serve millions of daily commuters, commercial fleet operators, logistics providers and delivery services.
Under the agreement, Yadea will supply electric two-wheelers and related electric vehicle products engineered for Spiro’s expanding African markets. Spiro will integrate the vehicles into its battery-swapping and energy infrastructure while the two companies co-develop customised two-wheeler platforms designed for local road conditions and commercial applications.
The partnership comes shortly after Spiro secured a $270 million funding round, which included investment from Chinese fund NewTrails Capital, strengthening the company’s capacity to expand its electric mobility operations across Africa.
Gagan Gupta, founder of Spiro and chairman of Equitane, said the partnership reinforces the company’s ambition to establish the energy and mobility infrastructure needed to support Africa’s transition to cleaner transportation.
“When we launched Spiro, our mission was to lay the energy and mobility foundation for Africa’s green transition. Our strategic partnership with Yadea is a major endorsement of our execution to date,” Gupta said.
Spiro CEO Anant Badjatya said demand for electric mobility across Africa is growing rapidly and the partnership would help the company respond at scale.
“Africa’s shift to electric mobility is accelerating and this partnership helps us meet that demand at scale. By bringing together Yadea’s manufacturing strength with Spiro’s ecosystem, we are compressing the timeline to clean transport,” Badjatya said.
Wang Jiazhong, Senior Vice President of Yadea Technology Group, said Africa represents a major opportunity for zero-emission transportation.
“Africa represents a massive frontier for zero-emission transport. Together, we are combining global innovation with local infrastructure to deliver scalable and sustainable mobility solutions,” Wang said.
Spiro is also expanding its local manufacturing and assembly footprint, with operational assembly facilities in Uganda, Kenya, Nigeria and Rwanda. The company says its strategy is focused on developing electric mobility solutions that can be produced and deployed within African markets.
The company currently manages more than 130,000 electric motorcycles and 2,500 battery- swapping stations, which have facilitated more than 50 million battery swaps. The partnership with Yadea, which has sold more than 100 million vehicles globally, is expected to accelerate the expansion of Spiro’s electric mobility infrastructure across the continent.
The deal comes as African cities face rising demand for affordable urban transport while governments and businesses increasingly look for alternatives to petrol-powered motorcycles and vehicles. Electric two-wheelers, supported by battery-swapping networks, are emerging as one of the options for reducing operating costs and emissions while maintaining the convenience required by commercial and everyday riders.
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