New Delhi, Feb. 26 -- Africa's freight corridors, long dominated by diesel trucks and constrained by unreliable power grids, are emerging as a new frontier in the global shift toward clean logistics, with solar-powered charging hubs designed specifically for heavy-duty electric trucks.

In Africa, Cape Town-based Zero Carbon Charge, or Charge, is pioneering this technology. It follows global models such as WattEV in California and Milence, a joint venture between Germany's Daimler Truck and Volvo, which have built solar-powered truck charging hubs to support high-capacity freight charging.

Charge is rolling out two fully off-grid, solar-powered electric vehicle charging stations along South Africa's busiest freight and passenger corridor...