JéGO, a US-incorporated electric-vehicle company building for African roads, has signed a commercial agreement with GoCab, the drive-to-own mobility startup, to deploy 6,000 electric vehicles across four African markets over the next 24 months, the companies said.
The first 600 vehicles, meant for commercial use on ride-hailing apps like Uber, Bolt and inDrive, will roll out in the coming months across Senegal, Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana and Nigeria, according to JéGO.
The deal comes as Africa’s EV market grows but remains limited by two problems: financing and charging. Much of the region’s electrification so far has centred on two- and three-wheelers. JéGO is aiming at commercial four-wheelers, a segment that needs heavier charging and financing support. Charging also depends on a power supply that, in Nigeria especially, often runs on diesel and petrol generators, which complicates the clean-energy case.
“We didn’t start JéGO to just sell EVs,” said Frederick Akpoghene, CEO & Founder, JéGO. “We built it to give a continent the freedom to move on its own terms, powered by its own sun, run on its own intelligence. Africa doesn’t need to catch up to the future of mobility. Africa is where it gets built.”
