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Bolt Sees 46% Drop in Offline Trips in Kenya After Safety Measures
Bolt Kenya has announced a 46% reduction in offline (off-app) trips across its platform, following the implementation of a series…
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Spiro Launches Africa’s First All-Women EV Assembly Line
Electric vehicle (EV) company Spiro has launched an all-women assembly line for motor and charger production. The company says this…
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Roam and 4G Capital Partner to Finance Electric Boda Bodas in Kenya
Roam, Kenya’s electric mobility company, has partnered with digital credit provider 4G Capital to offer electric motorcycles financing to boda…
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Uber One Membership Program Officially Launches in Kenya
Months after rolling out Uber One in South Africa, Uber has officially rolled out the service in Kenya. Uber One…
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Bolt Surpasses 500 Electric Bikes in Kenya
Ride-hailing company Bolt has announced a significant milestone in Kenya with its electric bikes fleet surpassing 500 vehicles. This achievement…
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Rider Crosses Kenya on E-Bike, Relying Only on Portable Charging
Even as electric two-wheelers are gradually gaining traction and changing the game for Kenya’s transport sector, Kenyan boda boda rider,…
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Bolt’s Live Location Sharing: A Game-Changer for Ride Safety
Bolt live location sharing: Imagine this, it’s late at night. You’ve just ordered a ride home. The streets are quiet,…
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Bolt Adds Trusted Contacts Feature to Enhance Safety
Bolt is launching Trusted Contacts, a feature that allows passengers and drivers to add friends or relatives to their account…
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Saturday Emerges as Most Popular Day for Bolt Riders in Kenya
Mobility platform Bolt has unveiled its Bolt Rewind 2024, showcasing intriguing insights into rider and driver trends globally and in…
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Techstars and WirelessCar Launch Mobility Innovation Program
Pre-seed investor Techstars, and WirelessCar, the provider of connected vehicle services, are collaborating to launch the Techstars & WirelessCar Connected…
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Bolt Food Now Allows Couriers To Cashout Their Earnings Early
Bolt Food has launched an Early Cashout feature which allows courier partners to receive their earnings before the regular payout…
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Roam, ENERGICA Partner to Establish 10 Solar Charging Hubs
Roam, a Kenyan tech-driven electric mobility company, is set to establish 10 additional solar-powered Roam Hubs in Nairobi with funding…
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Bolt’s annual revenue hits 2 billion euros
Estonian ride-hailing and food delivery startup Bolt revealed on Thursday it had hit 2 billion euros ($2.11 billion) in annual…
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[Rwanda] IZI Secures $222k Funding, Adds New Electric Buses to its Fleet
Africa-focused e-mobility provider IZI on Monday announced significant milestones in its mission to electrify Rwanda’s public transport sector. In just…
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Kenya’s EV Revolution: Building the Infrastructure for a Greener Future
As Kenya accelerates its push towards sustainable development, the transport sector stands at the forefront of this transformation. The government’s…
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Little App revises rates to 15 per cent
Little App Rates: Over the past month, the ride-hailing industry in Kenya has been marked by unrest, as drivers demand…
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Uber Electric Boda sees significant driver sign-ups a year after launch
One year after launching its first electric mobility product in Africa, Uber Electric Boda, Uber says it has seen an…
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Watu to finance 10,000 electric bikes in 2024 in push for E-mobility
Asset financing company, Watu has revealed plans to finance 10,000 electric bikes in 2024 in Kenya as it pushes for…
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Taking back control over business travel costs in 2024
Today, there are many more remote and hybrid collaboration options for teams than at the beginning of the decade. That…
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Bolt to celebrate its drivers with new campaign
Bolt has launched its driver reward campaign, dubbed ‘Drive for a Prize’ in efforts to celebrate its top-performing drivers in…
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Bolt hits its Ksh.10m target to support flood victims in Kenya
Bolt on Monday announced that the target to raise Ksh.10 million to assist flood victims in Kenya was achieved. By…
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[Daphne Kabeberi] Championing Sustainability: How Glovo is Leading the Charge in Environmental Protection
In recent years, the global conversation around sustainability has intensified, with businesses recognizing their critical role in mitigating climate change…
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Radisson Blu Hotel Upper Hill Introduces Electric Vehicle For Guest Transfers
Radisson Blu Hotel, Nairobi Upper Hill, has introduced 12 new electric vehicles as part of its efforts to advance sustainability…
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Electric vehicle dealer Spiro taps $50m debt facility at Afreximbank
Spiro, the African electric vehicle company has signed a US$50 million debt facility with the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank). This…
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E-mobility firm IZI delivers five electric buses to Kigali
IZI Rwanda, a pioneer in e-mobility has announced the delivery of five electric buses to Kigali. These buses, which will…
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Unlocking the Potential of Africa’s Electric Vehicle Industry
BasiGo, at the forefront of the electric mobility revolution in Africa, is poised to transform public transport across East Africa…
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OX Delivers secures funding to roll-out affordable clean transport for Africa
OX Delivers, a UK-based emobility startup, has received a £1.2 million funding grant from Energy Catalyst as the company readies its next-generation affordable…
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Bolt enters Zimbabwe, its third market in Southern Africa
Bolt has announced the pilot of its ride-hailing services in Harare, Zimbabwe today with more than 300 drivers ready to…
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Uber’s year in review looks at Kenyans’ mobility and delivery trends
Ride-hailing app Uber has released its 2023 Year in Review. The review looks at the past year, identifying the things…
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Bolt now allows riders to cancel offline trips
Bolt has introduced a new cancellation option in its app, aimed at deterring users on its platform from taking offline…
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Bolt is testing a new rider verification feature, here’s how it works
Bolt has unveiled a new rider verification feature in Kenya as it seeks to enhance driver safety. The on-demand mobility…
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Kenya setting the pace in EV adoption in Africa
Electric Vehicles (EV) are gaining momentum in Kenya thanks to the government’s National Electric Mobility Plan, which focuses on creating…
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Shared mobility to make up 7% of all urban journeys globally by 2030, report
Shared mobility will make up 7% of all urban transport journeys globally by 2030 (up from 3% today), taking the…
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Uber rolls out electric bikes in Kenya, its first African market
Ride-hailing firm Uber on Thursday launched electric motorcycles in Kenya, its first in Africa that will see a 30-35% reduction…
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Treepz among startups selected for 2023 VC4A Venture Showcase Africa
Treepz, the African car-sharing and rental marketplace is among the 12 startups selected to to participate in this year’s VC4A…
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BasiGo introduces a 36-seater electric bus
E-mobility company, BasiGo has today announced the introduction of a new 36-seater electric bus. Dubbed “E9 Kubwa”, BasiGo says the…
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Mobility financing startup Moove raises $8 million financing from Absa Bank
Moove, the mobility fintech startups has secured USD $8mn in financing from Absa Corporate and Investment Banking (CIB), bringing its total funding…
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Kenyan mobility startup Stima secures 100k euro investment from develoPPP Ventures
Stima Mobility, the Kenyan startup providing green tech solutions for the moto-taxi sector (boda boda riders) has secured 100,000 euro in…
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Ampersand now has more than 1,000 electric motorcycles on Rwanda and Kenyan roads
Ampersand, the Kigali-based electric motorcycle startup now has more than 1,000 commercial-use electric motorcycles on the roads in Rwanda and Kenya. This…
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Bolt sets up driver engagement centre in Nairobi
Bolt, the on-demand mobility platform in Africa, has launched a driver engagement centre in efforts to enhance its driver relations…
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[Nigeria] Mobility Startup Shuttlers Has Raised $4M for Expansion
Nigerian shared mobility startup Shuttlers has raised $4 million in a new funding round to facilitate expansion. The startup was…
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Electric vehicle Roam partners with Europe’s Hitachi for transport electrification
Kenyan-based electric vehicle manufacturer Roam has signed a partnership with Hitachi Europe Ltd to make electric transport accessible in Africa.…
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Nigerian mobility startup Treepz launches its operations in Kenya
Treepz, a Nigerian-based mobility startup that offers diverse car-renting options for its customers has announced its entry into the Kenyan…
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Kenya Power to convert its 2,000 vehicles to electric
Kenya Power has announced plans to convert its entire fleet of 2,000 fossil fuel-powered vehicles to electric in the next…
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BasiGo and AVA to assemble 1,000 electric buses in Kenya
BasiGo, the Kenyan-based electric manufacturer has partnered with the Associated Vehicle Assemblers Ltd (AVA) to assemble its buses in the…
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Bolt Picks New Regional Manager for East and Southern Africa
Bolt has appointed Takura Malaba as the new Regional Manager for East and Southern Africa, effective 1st January 2023. Takura takes over…
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Africa’s Mobility Financing Startup Moove Raises $30 Million
African mobility fintech startup Moove has raised $30 million just a few months after raising $18.4 million to scale its…
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Autochek has launched a vehicle financing subsidiary for customers across Africa
Autochek, the automotive technology company that is simplifying car ownership across Africa, has announced the launch of Autochek Financial Services.…
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Only 4 digital cab-hailing firms licensed to operate in the country, NTSA
Transport industry regulator National Transport and Safety Authority (NTSA) has published a list of digital cab-hailing firms allowed to operate…
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Rwandese Ride-Sharing Company YEGO Launches in Kenya
YEGO Global, a Rwandese ride-sharing platform has entered the Kenyan market to take on Uber and Bolt through its subsidiary…
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Electric Vehicle Manufacturer Roam has launched its first mass transit bus in Nairobi
Kenyan-Swedish electric vehicle manufacturer Roam has launched the first mass transit electric bus to ply various routes in Nairobi. The…
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Auto Financing startup Moove raises £15 million financing to scale UK operations
Moove, a mobility fintech startup providing auto financing for gig economy drivers has raised £15 million in financing to scale…
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KCB Partners With EV Maker BasiGo Kenya to Finance Electric PSV Buses
The Kenya Commercial Bank (KCB) and electric vehicles manufacturer BasiGo Ltd on Tuesday announced a partnership that will enable investors…
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Uber wants the Supreme Court of Kenya to nullify the newly-published ride-hailing regulations
Uber has appealed to the Supreme Court of Kenya to nullify the proposed digital taxi hailing regulations that were published…
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STIMA brings electric motorcycles to Kenya in new partnership with India’s OneElectric
STIMA, a battery swapping technology company has partnered OneElectric, an Indian manufacturer of electric motorcycles to supply more than 3,000…
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Roam has inked a deal with M-Kopa to have its electric motorcycles available on credit
Kenyan electric vehicles manufacturer startup Roam has entered into a partnership with fintech firm M-Kopa which will see its motorcycles…
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Kenya power to start construction of charging hubs for electric vehicles
Kenya Power has announced plans to is to start the construction of electric charging centres for electric vehicles in the…
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SWVL pauses daily operations in Nairobi
Swvl has announced that it is pausing its daily and city to city rides in Kenya. The mass transit and…
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Swvl to lay off a third of its workforce
Swvl, the mass transit and shared mobility provider is cutting off its workforce by a third. According to Chief Financial Officer…
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Vehicle financing startup Moove secures $105 million for expansion
African fintech mobility startup Moove has raised $105 million in new Series A2 financing. This comes just seven months after…
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African fintech mobility startup Moove raises $10 million financing from NBK Capital Partners
African fintech mobility startup Moove has closed a US$10 million financing facility from NBK Capital Partners. Moove is Uber’s exclusive…
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Mitel, Mart Network to launch Mobility and Remote working solutions in Africa
Business communication technology leader Mitel has partnered with Mart Network, a value-added distributor, to launch remote working and mobility solutions…
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