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Elon Musk meets with the President of Namibia to talk Starlink

Teslarati

Nangolo Mbumba | X Currently, Starlink is available in a handful of countries in Africa, including Botswana, Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, South Sudan, Zambia, Zimbabwe, and, as of Tuesday, Burundi.

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Africa’s Electricity-Access Problem Is Worse Than You Think

Cars That Think

Both are easy to define—a population’s share connected to the national grid or to a local source of electricity, and the ability to read and write—but such definitions do not make it possible to get a truly informed verdict. We measure access to electricity no better than we do the rate of literacy.

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Flat-pack OX electric truck gets a $163 million order, expands in Africa

Baua Electric

OX East Africa, will work to meet the growing demand for OX Delivers truck-as-a-service business in Rwanda, and expand into Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, and Burundi. Good for them. SOURCE | IMAGES : OX Delivers , via Power Progress and Startup Magazine.

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