Through this pilot in Namibia, TUMI demonstrated the benefits of providing electric bicycles (e-bikes) for students to allow for sustainable and affordable means of transport. These e-bike's batteries are charged in containers with solar-powered electric bicycles (e-bikes), thus being an affordable means of transport that does not rely on the grid. These e-bikes are ideal for hills, long distances or hot weather like in Windhoek.
Windhoek is a city that is actively trying to transform their infrastructure to allow widespread active mobility options. For university students, this lack of infrastructure is coupled with a deficit of to affordable, sustainable mobility alternatives. In a city where transport costs are high, and paratransit is the main way to get around, the pilot project works to make electric bicycles available and accessible to students by installing E-Mobility Hubs on two University Campuses. The project will provide students and residents with e-bikes to use and experience sustainable mobility options. To scale and ensure sustainability of the pilot, appropriate financing instruments and awareness campaigns should be supported to transform Namibia’s capital Windhoek into an e-mobility hub in Southern Africa.
GIZ Namibia is supporting several other components in eMobility, and the city of Windhoek has constructed bike lanes.
2019:
Initial site visit of the project team in Leipzig, Germany at ITF 2023
2019 & 2020:
Design Phase & Corona disruptions
2021:
Procurement of Bikes, Shipment & arrival in Namibia
2021 & 2022:
On world bicycle day 23rd October 2021, a ground-breaking ceremony was held to officially start the construction of the cycling lane which lasted until 2022.
The project’s has been able to achieve three main objectives:
Corona showed the world how important meetings and exchanges are for the advancement of technologies. By exchanging and learning from others. Exchange and study tours are important and must be nurtured. During the visit in 2019, the delegation visited similar initiatives around Germany and experienced the cycling culture of the European city which allowed them to develop the project and map out its activities the EBikes4Windhoek.
E-Mobility and sustainable mobility expert who joined the TUMI team in 2020. Previously he worked for KfW Development Bank in renewable energy and urban transport. Marvin studied Business Administration and holds a master’s degree in Risk Assessment and Sustainability Management.
Focus Areas: TUMI E-Mobility
Mechanical Engineer who immediately went into project management within the field of construction; having worked two years in USA and a further five years for GIZ in Africa focused on project implementation. After developing a strong focus on monitoring and controlling, he successfully began managing projects in the field of technical education and capacity building in Asia.
Focus Areas: TUMI Data, TUMI Labs, TUMI E-Bus Mission
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