Electric Vehicle Startups in Africa
Step into the thriving world of Electric Vehicle startups in Africa, where innovators are rewriting the rules and redefining what's possible. Our carefully curated list is your passport to explore the trailblazers who are shaping this dynamic sector. Discover their bold solutions, game-changing products, and out-of-the-box thinking as they forge new paths in Electric Vehicle.
Cummulative Funding
$114.1M+
Total # of Companies
9
Total Deal Count
34
Total M&A Count
0
Total # of Investors
74
List of Electric Vehicle startups in Africa
Add Startup| Startuparrow_upward | Overviewarrow_upward | Last roundarrow_upward | Total raisedarrow_upward | Founded |
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Ampersand makes better, cheaper, more powerful motorcycles for the millions of motorcycle taxis in East Africa. And they're electric. | Venture | $ 54,990,850 | 2014 | |
BasiGo is a Kenyan early-stage e-mobility start-up creating the future of clean, electric public transit in Africa. | Grant | $ 30,125,000 | 2021 | |
Shift EV is an electric mobility technology startup with a mission to electrify fleets in emerging markets, one decade faster. | Series A | $ 9,000,000 | 2020 | |
Opibus accelerates the transition towards sustainable transport and energy solutions in East Africa | Seed | $ 7,500,000 | 2017 | |
Zembo is the a Ugadan startup which is paving the way to e-mobility in Africa | Grant | $ 4,900,000 | 2018 | |
Dodai Manufacturing PLC, a Japanese company in Ethiopia, currently assembling and selling electric motorcycles in Addis Ababa. | Series A | $ 4,000,000 | 2021 | |
Mobility for Africa is a start up social enterprise committed to creating transport solutions for rural and peri-urban communities in Zimbabwe | Seed | $ 2,000,000 | 2018 | |
GOGO Electric is providing sustainable energy solutions in Uganda. | Funding Round | $ 1,600,000 | 2017 | |
eWAKA Mobility Limited is Africa’s foremost electromobility company, which is set to revolutionise emobility across the continent. | Debt Financing | Undisclosed | 2021 |
Founded
2014
Overview
Ampersand makes better, cheaper, more powerful motorcycles for the millions of motorcycle taxis in East Africa. And they're electric.
Last round
Venture
Total raised
$ 54,990,850
Employee
1-10
Founded
2021
Overview
BasiGo is a Kenyan early-stage e-mobility start-up creating the future of clean, electric public transit in Africa.
Last round
Grant
Total raised
$ 30,125,000
Employee
2-10
Founded
2020
Overview
Shift EV is an electric mobility technology startup with a mission to electrify fleets in emerging markets, one decade faster.
Last round
Series A
Total raised
$ 9,000,000
Employee
51-200
Founded
2017
Overview
Opibus accelerates the transition towards sustainable transport and energy solutions in East Africa
Last round
Seed
Total raised
$ 7,500,000
Employee
51-200
Founded
2018
Overview
Zembo is the a Ugadan startup which is paving the way to e-mobility in Africa
Last round
Grant
Total raised
$ 4,900,000
Employee
51-200
Founded
2021
Overview
Dodai Manufacturing PLC, a Japanese company in Ethiopia, currently assembling and selling electric motorcycles in Addis Ababa.
Last round
Series A
Total raised
$ 4,000,000
Employee
11-50
Founded
2018
Overview
Mobility for Africa is a start up social enterprise committed to creating transport solutions for rural and peri-urban communities in Zimbabwe
Last round
Seed
Total raised
$ 2,000,000
Employee
2-10
Founded
2017
Overview
GOGO Electric is providing sustainable energy solutions in Uganda.
Last round
Funding Round
Total raised
$ 1,600,000
Employee
201-500
Founded
2021
Overview
eWAKA Mobility Limited is Africa’s foremost electromobility company, which is set to revolutionise emobility across the continent.
Last round
Debt Financing
Total raised
$ 0
Employee
2-10