Afrobeats icon Davido teams up with Spiro to launch electric motorcycles made in Africa for African roads—combining clean energy, youth culture, and serious style.
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It’s not every day that a chart-topping Afrobeats star helps launch an electric motorcycle—but this is Africa in 2025, and anything is possible.
Davido, one of Nigeria’s biggest music exports and a true pioneer of the Afrobeats wave that’s swept across continents, has teamed up with electric mobility startup Spiro to do something bold: make electric motorcycles cool, accessible, and proudly African.
From Global Beats to Battery Swaps
Afrobeats has already taken over the world—streaming charts, clubs, restaurants, and even the playlist of that random American diner you didn’t expect to hear Burna Boy in. It’s a sound born in Africa but loved globally.
Now Spiro wants to pull off something similar—but with electric motorcycles.
And they’re starting where it counts: the streets of Africa’s booming cities, where 30 million internal combustion motorbikes are the economic backbone of transport. In places like Nigeria, Kenya, and Tanzania, bikes aren’t weekend toys—they’re how people work, move, and hustle.
Enter Spiro: The Battery Swap Revolution
Spiro is no small player. With operations in eight countries, over 30,000 electric bikes, and more than 600 battery swap stations, they’ve already clocked 500 million kilometres of zero-emission travel.
Now, the company is shifting gears from workhorse to lifestyle, announcing two new electric motorcycles co-developed with Davido: the Davido Collectible and the Alpha+ by Davido.
These aren’t your typical commuter bikes. We’re talking:
- 12kW motor
- 320Nm torque
- Top speeds up to 130 km/h
- Wireless Apple CarPlay and Android Auto
- And yes, they look sharp enough to turn heads in Lagos or London
“Made in Africa, for Africa”
During the launch at the Africa CEO Forum 2025, Davido explained what drew him to the project:
“It wasn’t just about a big brand. It was about purpose—making electric bikes look cool for young people, and building something here, in Africa.”
Spiro’s CEO Kaushik Burman echoed the vision, calling this partnership part of a wider movement—an industrial transformation with Africa at the centre.
Production is staying local too. Spiro is building new assembly plants in Uganda, Nigeria, and Rwanda, adding to its already operational facility in Kenya, which also features a fully women-operated motor assembly line—a first for Africa.
Charging Forward with Innovation
But Spiro isn’t stopping at stylish bikes. They’ve also launched:
- Spiro Maps, a real-time IoT navigation and logistics platform
- Agentic AI for smart factory operations
- Second-life battery systems to power homes and businesses
- Shero Programme for empowering women entrepreneurs in mobility
They’ve even partnered with Afreximbank and ARISE to push policies that reduce import costs and lower fuel subsidies—all while boosting African manufacturing.
What This Really Means
This isn’t just about going green. It’s about making clean energy desirable. About giving young Africans a reason to choose electric not just because it’s good for the planet, but because it’s fast, slick, and proudly theirs.
Just like Afrobeats did for African music, this project might just do for African electric mobility.
As Davido said, “It doesn’t get better than this. Made in Africa? Efficient? Cool? I’m all in.”
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