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The E9 Kubwa, a 36-seater electric bus designed by BasiGo, an e-mobility company based in Nairobi, is a welcome innovation

Passengers charge their phones at the comfort of their seats and even browse or watch.

On TechpointDigest, Victoria Fakiya discusses the need for competition in Nigeria's mobile Internet space, the human cost of non-compete clauses, BasiGo’s partnership, the new naira notes' deadline and Mafab's 5G rollout.

AVA has indicated that it has successfully completed the final assembly of 15 25-seater electronic buses, shipped in partially assembled by BasiGo.

AVA will assemble 33-seater buses as BasiGo seeks to phase out 25-seater buses used in its pilot project.

BasiGo and AVA have announced a partnership that will see the latter assemble modern electric buses for BasiGo in Kenya. In January 2023

Kenya’s e-mobility firm BasiGo has secured Ksh 798.6M ($6.6 million) from eight financiers to enhance deliveries of its locally assembled e-buses

Nairobi residents are set to witness more electricity-powered buses after another provider, Roam Company, launched a rapid transport bus in late October.

Electric bus supplier BasiGo has signed a financing deal with KCB Bank to scale up operations in Nairobi after a seven-month pilot.

Kenyan electric vehicle start-up BasiGo is targeting to sell 20 new passenger electric buses by end of the year.