Kiira Motors launched Africa’s largest e-bus plant

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Ugandan electric vehicle company Kiira Motors has opened a new factory in the industrial city of Jinja that has capacity to produce 5,000 vehicles annually, making up to 11 electric buses per day. State-owned company Kiira was handed seed capital of $40 million in 2018 and developed the new plant in partnership with the National Enterprise Corporation.

• Uganda’s ambition to become an EV hub depends on the Kiira plant reaching production capacity. It would strengthen Africa’s EV bus supply chain and open opportunities for exports.

• The new facility places Uganda alongside Kenya Vehicle Manufacturers, who assemble electric buses for BasiGo.

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