Roam
Electric Vehicle Product Launch

Roam Launches Kenya’s First Electric Mass Transit Bus, Roam Rapid

Roam (prev. Opibus), has announced the launch of a new electric Mass Transit Bus, the Roam Rapid, which is specifically designed to

Roam
Partnership

Roam, M-kopa Sign Supply Agreement For Deployment of Electric Motorcycles in Africa

Roam (prev. Opibus), a Kenyan electric vehicle manufacturer, has signed a major supply agreement with M-KOPA, the fintech platform that provides credit

Business Partnership

Moove Partners with Swvl for Electric Vehicle Buses in MENAP

Swvl, a provider of transformative tech-enabled mass transit solutions, and Moove, a mobility fintech startup, have partnered to scale Moove’s revenue-based

BasiGO
Electric Vehicle Mobility

Electric Vehicle Startup BasiGo Bags $4.3m Seed Funding

BasiGo, a Kenyan Electric Vehicle startup, has raised $4.3 million in seed funding to provide clean-energy mass transit vehicles in

ThinkBikes
CleanTech

ThinkBikes Nigeria is Launching Locally Produced Electric Tricycles

Tolulope Olukokun, the founder and CEO of ThinkElectric Africa, recently quit his job at the Polytechnic in Ibadan in Nigeria to

Opibus
Electric Vehicle Partnership

Uber, Opibus Partner to Deploy 3,000 Electric Motorcycles in Africa

Opibus, the Kenyan-based electric vehicle manufacturer, and Uber have partnered to scale the use of electric motorcycles in Africa. This

Jumia
Ecommerce Jumia

Jumia Partners eBee Africa For Electric Bicycle Deliveries in Kenya

Jumia has partnered with eBee Africa to deploy electric bicycles for deliveries in Nairobi, Kenya. The electricity bicycles are equipped with powerful

Opibus
Electric Vehicle Funding Investment Venture Capital

Kenyan-based Electric Vehicle Manufacturer, Opibus Secures $7.5m Funding

Opibus, a Kenyan-based electric vehicle manufacturer, has raised $7.5 million in funding led by Silicon Valley fund At One Ventures, further supported

MAX
Mobility Renewable Energy

Nigeria’s MAX Gets UK Govt Backing to Assemble Electric Vehicles

Metro Africa Xpress (MAX) has received the backing of the United Kingdom government through its Manufacturing Africa Initiative to assemble

Entrepreneurship Social Entrepreneurship

Nigeria’s ThinkBikes, 4 Other African Startups Win Innovation Award For E-mobility Solutions Powered by Siemens Stiftung

ThinkBikes, a Nigerian e-bike sharing service, and four other African social enterprises in the field of electric mobility, have been