Proportion Global

We’re excited to share the line-up for our upcoming webinar on Charging as a Service for electric motorcycle riders in East Africa.

This conversation brings together perspectives from investment, engineering, policy, rider advocacy, innovation strategy, and climate tech. Together, we will explore a practical question: what would it take to make charging trusted, reliable, and workable for riders across the ecosystem?

Join us live on Thursday, April 30, 2026, from 2:00 PM to 3:00 PM EAT.

Register here: https://innovators.team/powering-africas-ev-future-with-fast-charging/

We’d love to have you with us.

How might we collaborate to enable fast charging models for EV bikes in East Africa?

Proportion Global and ROAM Electric held a creative workshop with e-mobility stakeholders to shape the future of electric two-wheelers in East Africa to come up with ideas on how to enable fast charging models for EV bikes in East Africa.

Proportion Global first presented the findings from the qualitative research among 50+ bike riders and 13 potential charging operators. Then, through guided steps, we facilitated lively discussions and creative sessions, engaging ROAM Electric, OEMs, financiers, MSMEs, and ecosystem players to dive deeper into Charging-as-a-Service (CaaS) and how to deal with the trade-offs between battery-swapping models and the deployment of fast-charging infrastructure for electric motorcycles. The participants identified key friction points, aligned incentives, and designed solutions that optimise usability, adoption, and operational efficiency. In this context, fast charging, when implemented with appropriate technical and commercial guardrails, has emerged as a high-impact, rider-centric alternative.

What stood out most was the shared understanding that no single actor can solve this on their own. If done right, fast charging is not just an infrastructure upgrade. It is a lever for income stability, operational resilience, and commercial sustainability in Africa’s electric two-wheeler transition.

Do you want to know more? Then join the public webinar on January 28th. Registration starts on January 5th. Stay tuned.

We are grateful to everyone who leaned into the complexity of the conversation. The opportunity is validated, and so is the work ahead! Kudos to British International Investments (BII) for investing in ROAM and funding Proportion Global for providing support to ROAM and the EV ecosystem in Kenya!