Afreximbank and Spiro, an Indian electric car business, have inked a $50 million debt financing agreement to enable Spiro to increase the scope of its product line in its current markets.
The company has spent the last two years mapping African cities and identifying potential markets. It currently works in six countries: Benin, Togo, Kenya, Nigeria, Uganda, and Ghana. It also aims to expand to Cameroon and Morocco.
Kaushik Burman, the CEO of Spiro, who spoke recently on the sidelines of the African CEO Forum, which was staged in Kigali, Rwanda, said that the company seeks to produce more than 1 million 2-wheelers in the next five years.
