BasiGo which is a firm from Kenya and is into e-mobility has secured a $6.6 million funding for fast-tracking the commercial delivery of the locally -assembled electric busses in the country which is the most recent of the announcement that has come which suggests that change is imminent in the African Mobility sector. With 25 electric busses currently operating in the pilot phase, the company has an intention of delivering a further 15 busses in the month of January which will be used by the existing bus operators in Nairobi. This latest round is going to bring the total of funding in the year 2022 to the tune of $10.9 million.
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This announcement comes barely after weeks of the Nigerian Startup Metro Africa announcing that it has a crowdfunding target plan of $100 million for facilitating the electric vehicle part availability in 10 markets in Africa by the end of the year 2023.
KenGen which is a leading producer in hydro electric power has also unveiled recently that it has come up with four electric vehicles. Furthermore, BasiGo has unveiled already that the charging infrastructure is going to be available soon.
This market is a ripe one for the public e-mobility as per Jit Bhattacharya who is the CEO of e-mobility. He says that more than 90% of the electricity of Kenya comes from the renewables already. Yet the transport sector is going to rely entirely on the imported petroleum fuels. By the electrification of the public transport of Kenya, they may be able to completely and immediately dent the climate emission and clean the cities up and also give the bus owners much needed relief from the rise in diesel costs.
KenGen is going to responsible for the transition of the country into one which is reliant on the electric mobility.
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