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    The new facility comes on the heels of a transformative 12 months for the Lomé-based company.
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    Dodai Raises $13m Series A to Scale EV Battery-Swapping in Ethiopia

    Three years ago, when electric mobility was still an experimental idea in much of Africa, Japanese entrepreneur Yuma Sasaki made an unconventional choice.

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    The new facility comes on the heels of a transformative 12 months for the Lomé-based company.

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