Publications

Can local assembly make electric motorcycles more affordable and attractive in Nigeria? This report shows how localisation can significantly reduce costs – and explores the role of product quality, battery performance and user acceptance in enabling wider market adoption.

How competitive can locally manufactured electric cargo bikes become in Kenya? Drawing on real-world testing and five business model pilots, this report explores how local production, affordable financing and reliable delivery demand can enable successful scale-up.

Can electric utility vehicles make transport more affordable for farmers while opening up new opportunities for young people? This report shares key lessons from a pilot in Kenya and explores what it takes to turn a promising solution into lasting impact.

Kenya’s e-mobility sector is entering a new phase of commercial development. This report assesses the sector’s progress, identifies key barriers to scale and outlines the conditions needed to support sustainable, locally rooted growth.

Over four years, social enterprises and innovation partners participating in the SESA project tested and refined smart energy solutions across sectors including agriculture, cold storage, clean cooking, and e-mobility. Siemens Stiftung presents a new publication, highlighting recurring patterns that emerged across different technologies, business models, and markets.

Ensuring that lithium-ion batteries are collected and responsibly managed is becoming increasingly important. To better understand the economic and operational factors that determine whether collection can work at scale, Enviroserve Kenya implemented a research and development project.

How viable are electric motorcycles for last-mile delivery in West Africa? Together with Gigmile, Siemens Stiftung explored this question through a pilot deployment of 40 electric motorcycles across six logistics platforms in Lagos, Nigeria, and Accra, Ghana.

Founded by Siemens Stiftung, WeTu delivers solar-powered solutions for clean water, e-mobility, cooling, and recycling around Lake Victoria. The 2025 Impact Report showcases their impact on health, livelihoods, and climate resilience in Western Kenya.

The study explores how local assembly of electric motorcycles in Nigeria can reduce costs and strengthen local value creation. It also highlights key challenges to the wider adoption of electric mobility.  

The report describes the pilot project implemented by E-WAKA Mobility Limited and Siemens Stiftung to evaluate the potential of e-bikes to improve market access and income for smallholder farmers in Kenya.