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Mobility

Electric two-wheelers, battery swaps, and the capital following them.

Mobility

Spiro raises $215 million to put battery swaps on more African roads

The electric two-wheeler company, already in seven countries, is using the equity round to add assembly, recycling, and new markets including the DRC, Ethiopia, and Ghana.

Mobility

Arc Ride raises $33.3 million as Nairobi’s electric bikes keep attracting capital

The Kenyan company is one of several trying to make battery swaps ordinary. September’s mobility money also included debt for Spiro.

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