Browsing: green mobility in Africa

• This year, Watu is set to introduce 10,000 electric motorbikes in Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda.
• Watu has committed to enhancing its electric vehicle funding portfolio to 40 percent in three years and to finance the acquisition of 500,000 electric motorbikes by 2030.
• The firm has entered into a partnership with Uganda-based GOGO Electric, to power the design and development of Africa’s first fit-for-purpose electric boda bike.

As the global call for the protection of the environment grows louder, the need for individuals, companies, and governments to promote sustainable development such as the adoption of green mobility solutions is gathering pace.

In East Africa, a market of over 300 million people, extreme weather conditions partly worsened by global warming have seen the area swing between devastating drought and deadly floods.

Increasingly, however, investors are collaborating to change the tide. One of the pioneers seeking to play a critical role in checking …

• Electric bus company, BasiGo has secured $3 million (Sh396 million) worth of equity funding from CFAO Group to scale up electric bus production in East Africa.
• The investment, split between CFAO Kenya and Mobility54, will help accelerate the scale-up of BasiGo’s manufacturing and delivery of electric buses in Kenya and Rwanda.
• CFAO Group is building e-mobility ecosystem in East Africa by investing in green mobility startups through Mobility54.

Electric bus company, BasiGo has secured $3 million (Sh396 million) worth of equity funding from CFAO Group to scale up electric bus production in East Africa. The investment, split between CFAO Kenya and Mobility54, the …