ADDIS ABABA, OCTOBER 27,2025, -Spiro, the African leader in two-wheel transportation and battery swapping has entered a strategic partnership with Zeroca, a carbon credit program aggregator focused on premium compliance markets, including Article 6 ITMO transactions under the Paris Agreement. The partnership will strengthen electric mobility programs in Kenya and Nigeria, combining Spiro’s operational reach and technology leadership with Zeroca’s carbon market expertise. Together, the two organisations aim to unlock climate finance for sustainable transport while ensuring that every project meets the highest standards of transparency and impact.
Speaking on the partnership, Kaushik Burman, CEO Spiro said, “This collaboration brings together two complementary strengths: our ability to scale electric mobility across Africa and Zeroca’s proven approach to building integrity in carbon markets. It’s a practical step toward making clean transport both impactful and accountable.”
Zeroca supports climate projects through every stage of the carbon credit process, from design and registration to validation and issuance, ensuring measurable outcomes for both people and the planet. The company’s work focuses on newly emerging premium compliance markets and bilateral ITMO agreements, positioning Africa to benefit from credible carbon trading opportunities.
Spiro, which has deployed over 60,000 electric motorcycles across the continent, continues to invest in infrastructure and financing models that make e-mobility accessible and affordable. Its expanding battery-swapping network and local assembly operations are creating jobs and enabling thousands of riders to transition to clean transport.
The partnership is being implemented with the support of the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH and Perspectives Climate Group, ensuring strong alignment with global standards on climate integrity and social inclusion.
Co-founder of Zeroca - Koen Van Bakael added, “We’re proud to partner with Spiro in building a credible model for climate action in the transport sector. Together, we can demonstrate that clean mobility in Africa can be both commercially viable and environmentally sound.”
This collaboration underscores a shared commitment to advancing Africa’s leadership in sustainable mobility delivering cleaner air, local economic opportunity, and verifiable climate benefits that move the continent closer to a net-zero future.
About Spiro
Spiro is Africa’s largest electric mobility company, operating the continent’s most extensive and fastest growing network of battery-swapping for electric two-wheel vehicles. With more than 60,000 electric motorcycles, over 1500battery swapping stations and more than 28 million battery swaps to date, Spiro has achieved over 800 million kms of low-carbon emissions travel, transforming mobility and economies through substituting expensive imported fossil fuel-based transportation with affordable, accessible and sustainable solutions. Through its expanding regional production network and operational assembling facilities in Uganda, Kenya, Nigeria and Rwanda, Spiro is committed to delivering electric vehicles made in Africa by Africans for Africa& the world. For more information, visit https://www.spironet.com.
About Zeroca:
Zeroca is a joint venture between Rebel and Grütter Consulting, bringing together expertise in carbon markets and e-mobility to drive the global shift to zero-emission transport. We design, develop and manage high-quality carbon credit programs for e-mobility assets worldwide helping cities, operators, OEMs, and investors turn decarbonization into a viable business opportunity. With projects spanning Latin America, Africa, Asia and beyond, we operate across the full carbon credit lifecycle under CDM, VCM, and Paris Agreement Article 6 frameworks. Our work enables transport and infrastructure projects such as electric fleets and charging networks to generate lasting financial and environmental value. For more information, visit www.zeroca.world
