Spiro lands $215 million to scale electric transport infrastructure in Africa

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Tuesday, 02 June 2026 17:44

Spiro lands $215 million to scale electric transport infrastructure in Africa

(Togo First) - Spiro, the Lomé-based electric mobility platform, has announced a $215 million fundraising round to support the rollout of its electric vehicle infrastructure and battery-swapping network across the continent.

The round was backed by Impact Fund Denmark and Equitane, among others, and comes as investor interest in energy-transition infrastructure in Africa continues to grow.

The latest fundraise builds on financing secured by the company in recent years. In 2023, Spiro, then operating under the name M-Auto and already active in Togo, raised $63 million from Société Générale and GuarantCo to expand its electric motorcycle fleet and battery-swapping station network in Togo and Benin.

In October 2025, the company closed a $100 million round led by the Fund for Export Development in Africa (FEDA), the investment arm of Afreximbank.

Founded as M-Auto, the company launched operations in Togo and Benin in 2022 before gradually expanding into Rwanda, Kenya, Uganda, Nigeria and Cameroon. Spiro now claims a fleet of 100,000 electric vehicles and a network of 2,500 charging and battery-swapping stations across seven African markets.

For Togo, where the company launched its first commercial operations in West Africa, the new capital injection could translate into an expanded battery-swapping network and strengthened local electric mobility infrastructure. The group says it also intends to press ahead with industrial and technological investment to support growing demand for low-emission transport solutions on the continent.

Ayi Renaud Dossavi

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