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Rwanda Launches Africa’s First Self-Flying Electric Air Taxi

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The East African country is now the first in the continent to have a public flight of a self-flying electric air taxi, adding to its fast-growing reputation as a hub for advanced aviation and technology innovation.
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Rwanda launches Africa’s first self-flying electric air taxi

The East African country is now the first in the continent to have a public flight of a self-flying electric air taxi, adding to its fast-growing reputation as a hub for advanced aviation and technology innovation.

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Rwanda Launches Africa’s First Self-Flying Electric Air Taxi

Rwanda has unveiled Africa’s first self-flying electric air taxi with a successful EHang EH216-S demonstration in Kigali.

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Rwanda Made the First Flight of an Air Taxi to Africa

Rwanda has made a major breakthrough in the air mobility sector. On the occasion of the Aviation Africa Summit & Exhibition 2025, held in Kigali in early September, the country hosted the first public flight in Africa by an unmanned electric taxi, also known as eVTOL (electric Vertical Take-Off and Landing). The aircraft used, the EH216-S, is designed by the Chinese company EHang, specialized in urban mobility technologies. The inaugural flight …

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senenews.com broke the news in on Thursday, September 11, 2025.
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