Spiro, Africa's leading electric mobility company, and Entrepreneurial Solutions Partners, a pan-African firm specializing in entrepreneurship development, have launched the Women in E-Mobility programme in Rwanda. The initiative aims to help women become professional electric motorcycle riders, develop their own businesses, and generate sustainable income. The programme combines Spiro's electric mobility infrastructure with the entrepreneurship expertise of Entrepreneurial Solutions Partners.
The Women in E-Mobility programme has already begun, with the first 50 women starting training in October 2026. They form the first cohort of a pilot targeting 500 women in Rwanda, before a planned expansion to other African markets to reach 5,000 participants by 2030. This initiative reflects Spiro's ambition to ensure that the growth of electric mobility in Africa creates new opportunities for women.
Women are underrepresented in the motorcycle sector, which is a major source of employment in transport, delivery, and logistics. In Rwanda, women account for just 4 percent of transport workers, despite a 2025 study in Kigali finding that 47.7 percent of women surveyed would consider becoming motorcycle taxi drivers. The programme aims to address these challenges by providing participants with practical motorcycle riding and road safety training, financial literacy, digital skills, and entrepreneurship support.
Women who participate in the programme will gain access to affordable financing, including lease-to-own arrangements, enabling them to acquire Spiro electric motorcycles and use its battery-swapping network. Beyond access to vehicles, the programme will connect participants with ride-hailing, delivery, and logistics platforms, helping them secure customers and build sustainable businesses.
Anant Badjatya, Group CEO of Spiro, emphasized that electric mobility is creating new economic opportunities across Africa, and the company wants more women to be part of this transformation. Through this programme, Spiro is giving women the tools to become professional drivers, build their own businesses, and generate income.
The programme combines Spiro's electric mobility infrastructure with the entrepreneurship expertise of Entrepreneurial Solutions Partners. Eric Kacou, Co-founder and CEO of Entrepreneurial Solutions Partners, noted that having access to a motorcycle is only the first step for women entrepreneurs, and that building a successful business also requires skills, financing, customers, and ongoing support.
Spiro and Entrepreneurial Solutions Partners are seeking to engage development finance institutions, impact investors, governments, and commercial partners to facilitate access to financing, strengthen training, and expand commercial opportunities. The partners aim to demonstrate how the transition to cleaner transport can also encourage women's entrepreneurship, create jobs, and support economic development across Africa.
Key points
- The Women in E-Mobility programme aims to empower 5,000 women as electric motorcycle riders and entrepreneurs across Africa by 2030.
- Spiro and Entrepreneurial Solutions Partners are providing participants with practical training, financial literacy, and entrepreneurship support to help them build sustainable businesses.
- The programme seeks to address the underrepresentation of women in the motorcycle sector, which is a major source of employment in transport, delivery, and logistics.
