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The move follows a January 2025 decision to stop issuing licenses for new petrol-powered commercial motorcycles, commonly known as moto taxis, in the City of Kigali.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The directive applies to new entrants into the motorcycle taxi business, meaning that anyone seeking authorisation from the Rwanda Utilities Regulatory Authority (RURA) to operate as a moto taxi rider must use an electric motorcycle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Speaking on the development, Amb. Uwihanganye said the policy is already delivering results and will soon be expanded beyond Kigali to cover the entire country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAs you know, the government decided that passenger motorcycles must be electric, especially in the City of Kigali. In the coming days, we will scale up this measure to the national level. No motorcycle that is not electric will be allowed to enter the country, and this will apply to passenger motorcycles across Rwanda,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He noted that the market for electric motorcycles has matured significantly, making nationwide implementation possible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe market has already responded. There are importers bringing in motorcycles, and companies providing charging services. While everything may not yet be perfect, the sector has grown enough for us to expand the policy,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Statistics show that at least 14,031 motorcycles were sold in Rwanda in 2025, marking a 28 percent increase compared to the previous year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A significant share of these were electric motorcycles, whose sales have surged by 686 percent since they were introduced in Rwanda, according to data from MotorcyclesData.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Under the policy, motorcycles already registered and operating on fuel will be allowed to continue their services. The restriction mainly targets new registrations of petrol- and diesel-powered motorcycles used for passenger transport.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Petrol-powered motorcycles are set to be phased out of Rwanda\u2019s market.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Spiro, an e-mobility company, is a dominant player in the Rwandan market.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Ampersand is also gaining traction in the Rwandan market.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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Rwanda is set to phase out petrol- and diesel-powered motorcycles from its market as part of a nationwide push toward electric mobility, according to the State Minister in the Ministry of Infrastructure, Amb. Jean de Dieu Uwihanganye.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":131,"featured_media":2000109598,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[151,69],"byline":[170],"hashtag":[],"class_list":["post-2000109593","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business","tag-editors-choice","tag-homehighlights","byline-igihe"],"bylines":[{"id":170,"name":"IGIHE","slug":"igihe","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":8}],"contributors":[{"id":170,"name":"IGIHE","slug":"igihe","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":8}],"featured_image":{"id":2000109598,"url":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/moto_za_lisansi-0b095-2-1ba0c.jpg","alt":"","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","width":1000,"height":870,"sizes":{"thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/moto_za_lisansi-0b095-2-1ba0c.jpg","width":150,"height":131},"medium":{"url":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/moto_za_lisansi-0b095-2-1ba0c.jpg","width":300,"height":261},"medium_large":{"url":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/moto_za_lisansi-0b095-2-1ba0c.jpg","width":768,"height":668},"large":{"url":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/moto_za_lisansi-0b095-2-1ba0c.jpg","width":1000,"height":870},"full":{"url":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/moto_za_lisansi-0b095-2-1ba0c.jpg","width":1000,"height":870}}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2000109593","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/131"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2000109593"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2000109593\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2000109599,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2000109593\/revisions\/2000109599"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2000109598"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2000109593"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2000109593"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2000109593"},{"taxonomy":"byline","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/byline?post=2000109593"},{"taxonomy":"hashtag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hashtag?post=2000109593"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}