About Us — Silent Savannah Electric Vehicles

Our Mission

Electric mobility
for remote
Africa

Silent Savannah is a Kenyan clean mobility company built on a straightforward belief: the shift to electric transport shouldn't stop at the city limits. Remote conservation areas, off-grid lodges, rural businesses and expedition teams deserve the same access to clean, capable electric vehicles as anyone else.

We convert the 4x4 vehicles Africa already trusts - Land Cruisers and Land Rovers - into fully electric machines, paired with portable solar charging systems designed for field conditions. No compromises on capability. No reliance on a grid that doesn't exist.

Everything we build is designed, engineered and tested in Kenya. Because only a vehicle tested on Kenyan terrain is truly ready for Kenyan terrain.

100%

Kenya Built

Zero

Diesel Emissions

Off

Grid Ready

4×4

Fully Retained

Our Story

Born from
the field

Silent Savannah vehicle and solar station in the field

Silent Savannah grew from a question asked in 2021 by Emboo Camp in the Maasai Mara: could Foley's East Africa convert a Land Rover to electric? Two prototypes followed, built at Foley's Nairobi workshop. Those early builds revealed something important: safari operators wanted quieter, cleaner vehicles, and the diesel model they depended on was fragile, expensive and hard to justify.

The problem was visible everywhere. Remote lodges and conservancies across East Africa ran entirely on diesel for transport, power and everything in between. Fuel had to be trucked in at a premium, supply was unreliable, and engine noise was incompatible with the premium guest experience operators were trying to deliver.

Nick Foley brought Foley's workshop infrastructure and deep safari sector relationships. Henry Fairey relocated from the UK to lead technical development, bringing specialist knowledge of EV drivetrains and off-grid solar. Ben Wedd took on commercial strategy and business development. Together, they formally established Silent Savannah to bring it all to market.

What We Stand For

Our values

Durability

Built to outlast the problem

We engineer for survival, not showrooms. Every component is chosen for longevity in harsh conditions, not for spec sheets in comfortable markets.

Local First

Made in Kenya. For Kenya

Design, engineering, testing and manufacture happen here. We create skilled employment, develop local supply chains and build vehicles that understand their own terrain.

Practicality

Sustainability that works

No idealism without function. Our solar charging system deploys in 30 minutes. Our vehicles carry a tonne and climb a 45° slope. Clean transport only wins when it's capable transport.

The Team

The people
behind it

A multidisciplinary team of engineers, conservationists and operators -all united by the belief that Africa's remote environments deserve world-class electric mobility.