African electric mobility company Spiro has named former Indofast Energy chief executive Anant Badjatya as its new Group Chief Executive Officer, a leadership move that comes shortly after the company secured a $215 million equity investment to accelerate expansion across the continent.
The appointment signals the company’s intention to strengthen its position in Africa’s growing electric vehicle market as it scales its battery-swapping infrastructure, manufacturing capabilities and energy ecosystem. Badjatya succeeds Kaushik Burman, who will now oversee Spiro’s mobility services division, which manages vehicle deployment, rider leasing programmes, battery subscriptions and fleet operations.
Brandspur Brand News reports that the leadership restructuring creates a clearer distinction between Spiro’s transport operations and its wider ambitions in battery-swapping technology, logistics, energy infrastructure and vehicle production.
Badjatya joins the company with extensive experience in large-scale battery-swapping networks, having previously led Indofast Energy, a venture backed by IndianOil and SUN Mobility. Under his watch, the Indian company developed a network of more than 1,800 battery-swapping stations serving tens of thousands of vehicles daily.
The executive change follows one of the largest disclosed investments in Africa’s electric mobility sector. The recently announced $215 million capital raise is expected to support the expansion of Spiro’s operations and infrastructure footprint across key African markets.
Spiro currently operates in seven countries, including Nigeria, Kenya, Rwanda and Uganda. The company says it has deployed more than 100,000 electric motorcycles and established over 2,500 battery-swapping stations as demand for cleaner transportation solutions gains momentum.
The appointment of an executive with deep experience in India’s advanced battery-swapping ecosystem underscores the increasing race among African electric mobility companies to translate investor confidence into sustainable growth and broader access to low-emission transport solutions across the continent.
