An electric vehicle (EV) company, that produces and designs electric vehicles; EV company Spiro has expanded to Ogun State, Nigeria, aiming to electrify mobility in the country. It was founded by the Africa Transformation and Industrialization Fund (ATIF). It has placed over 10,000 e-bikes on the roads across Benin, Togo, Rwanda, Ghana and Kenya. With this electric vehicle and battery-swapping technology, Spiro plans to operate across several local governments in Ogun State.

Comprehensive tests have been carried out in Ogun State, focusing on rough terrains; this is to ensure the adaptability of electric bikes to local conditions.

The EV Company Spiro is known for its state of charge technology – which indicates the current level of charge in the battery; it allows riders to utilise its swapping stations, fast and slow chargers, and remote charging solutions – this increases the remote riding experience and enhances environmentally friendly transportation.

The Spiro state of charge (SOC) system ensures that customers are billed based on their actual energy usage rather than assuming a full battery capacity. This promotes fair billing to the customers. Read More

The Ghanaian Ministry of Roads and Highways has launched a mobile app called “Maintain my Road” and also a call centre in order to enhance public involvement in road maintenance programmes.  This mobile app is already available on the app store and Google Play; it allows Ghanaian users to report road defects, upload photos of road issues, GPS tagging of the location and progress tracking. 

The call centre serves as an alternative to the mobile app and it will employ multilingual speakers fluent in English, Twi, Ga and Ewe. They will be provided with a geolocation-enabled dashboard to pinpoint reported issues accurately. 

The enhanced maintenance programme tends to deploy development in the nation’s roads and highways. With the launch of digitalised initiatives, 4G penetration tends to increase from 15% to 80% over the next 3 years through the Next-Gen Infra Cos (NGIC). Read More