The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Nigeria, and Ghana are target countries for mobility solutions, CEO Mansoor Hamayun tells The Africa Report.
The DRC is a “good natural next step” that has “enormous market potential”, and Bboxx may deploy mobility solutions there in 2023, Hamayun says. The DRC government in March agreed to extend its clean-energy partnership with Bboxx, originally signed in 2020, for a further two years.
Bboxx in October announced a partnership with Kigali-based e-mobility company Ampersand to provide tens of thousands of electric taxi motorcycles in Rwanda.
While the upfront cost of an electric bike is higher than for one running on an internal combustion engine, Bboxx and Ampersand say electric bike taxis could make more profit while cutting carbon emissions.
Financing solutions
The partners are offering a financing solution in which drivers pay about 10% of
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