How swap-anywhere would impact EV firms

October 23, 2025

Dear subscriber, 

I hope you had a restful weekend. Today we turn our spotlight on East Africa, which boasts a third of the continent’s population, just what rapidly scaling EV companies need. Do you need land to build an EV factory? Ask the Egyptian government.  

Brian Ambani - Editor

Electric motorcycle and three-wheeler companies can increase their battery swap station utilisation rate up to 36% by adopting interoperability between brands, a new report by Powering Renewable Energy Opportunities (PREO) shows. Interoperability can also save electric motorcycle riders in Africa about 43% of energy and time. But what will it do to profit margins?

  • Most African EV companies operate in isolation. Each built its own stack of vehicles, batteries, charging or swapping stations, and billing systems. This limits customers to using swap stations operated by one company. 

  • Interoperability could increase competition between EV companies and put downward pressure on prices. That may be one reason it’s not coming soon.

  • Our take: Neutral players might standardise hardware and digital systems, allowing manufacturers to focus on vehicles… Read more (2 min)

The labour market in the sector grew by 1.1% in the past month as measured by the change in the number of jobs and companies advertising jobs, the most recent shift in our sector salary survey and the change in the total number of staff. Included is the attrition rate at the top 25 EV companies by the number of employees and senior-level staff listed on LinkedIn. 

  • Our staff Index grew from 1,960 in September to 1,982 in October. While the number of jobs advertised in the sector shrunk by 7% to 65, the number of companies that advertised jobs grew by 5% to 20.

  • The number of senior ranking staff at the leading 25 EV companies in Africa grew by 2.4% to 4,273, while the number of new senior staff recruited by these companies over the last 12 months was 1,433. 

  • Our take: The top companies will widen the staffing gap with the other companies… Read more (2 min)

Tesla is hiring a Country Sales & Delivery Lead for Morocco. The successful candidate will oversee daily operations, sales performance, and market strategy across the country. The company aims to expand, just five months after entering the African market in Morocco. In addition to this role, Mobility Rising has tracked 14 other new roles across Africa.

  • Tesla is accelerating its expansion in Morocco, establishing six superchargers across six cities as it competes with BYD, which entered the market in 2023 with six EV models.

  • Dodai led hiring this week with five new openings in Ethiopia. In total, East Africa led with nine openings, followed by two each in North Africa and Southern Africa, while West Africa recorded one listing. 

  • Click here to see the full list…(2 min)

Charge software lead Philip Nel attends the NEV Summit happening in SA 

Events

📆 Register for Automechanika Expo in South Africa (Oct 28)

📆 Attend the E-Mobility and Infrastructure Africa Summit in Kenya (Nov 26)

📆 Book a slot at the Renewable Energy Forum Africa happening in Ghana (Dec 3)

Various 

🤝 AfEMA signs a strategic partnership with Double Feather Partners

⚡ GOGO Electric launches another swap station in Uganda

🗺️ How Africa is on the map of China’s global EV supply chain

Seen on LinkedIn 

Andile Africa, CEO of AIDC, says, “Charging infrastructure is more than plugs and stations. It’s about connectivity, confidence, and convenience. It determines how quickly consumers adopt new technologies and how effectively our transport and energy sectors can work together.”