Global Gateway: EU invests in electric buses in Kenya

The EU Commission wants to invest around €45 million in electric buses in Kenya as part of its alternative to Beijing’s New Silk Road. On the sidelines of a meeting between EU Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen and Kenya’s President William Ruto in Brussels, a memorandum of understanding to this effect was signed, the EU Commission announced on Wednesday. The „Nairobi Core Bus Rapid Transit Line 3“ (BRT 3) project would receive a total of €347.6 million in subsidies as part of the „Global Gateway“ program.