All Electric Taxi-Hailing Service Nopia Looks To Scale Up In Kenya

All Electric Taxi-Hailing Service Nopia Looks To Scale Up In Kenya

Nopia Ride, a taxi-hailing service that only uses electric cars is scaling up operations in Kenya. Nopia ran a pilot phase from August 2018 to March 2019. Three used Nissan Leafs imported from Japan and the United Kingdom were used in the pilot program. The pilot phase allowed the company to test its business case […]

KENYA: EkoRent embarks on electric taxi in Nairobi, like Uber

KENYA: EkoRent embarks on electric taxi in Nairobi, like Uber

Finnish company EkoRent is investing in an electric taxi service accessible via an application available in Nairobi, Kenya’s capital. Objective: reduce car pollution as it already does in Helsinki, the capital of Finland. Nairobi, the capital of Kenya, has a population of more than 4 million. The high population growth reflects the monster traffic jams […]