#Africa’s first and leading integrated electric motorcycle and transport energy solution. 3 years, 738 motorbikes, 16 million km... and counting
Location: Rwanda, Kigali Province, Kigali
Employees: 51-200
Total raised: $2M
Founded date: 2019
Investors 5
| Date | Name | Website |
| - | Startupboo... | startupboo... |
| - | Ecosystem ... | eif.vc |
| 10.04.2021 | The Ecosys... | ecosystemi... |
| 09.02.2024 | Acumen | acumen.org |
| - | TotalEnerg... | ventures.t... |
Funding Rounds 1
| Date | Series | Amount | Investors |
| 29.08.2024 | - | $2M | - |
Mentions in press and media 16
| Date | Title | Description |
| 28.07.2025 | Uganda: Local EVS Delivering Swifter Courier Services in African Cities | African startups are designing and assembling electric vehicles tailored for local delivery needs. From solar-powered cold chains to pharma-compliant vans, these innovations are cutting costs, reducing emissions, and transforming how goods ... |
| 08.07.2025 | Former Land Rover engineer joins handful of Africa’s electric vehicle manufacturers | Nigeria, Africa’s largest economy with over 200 million people, has a nascent electric vehicle (EV) market. Only 15,000 to 20,000 EVs are currently on its roads, representing a mere 0.5% to 1% of the total vehicle fleet. While this shows pr... |
| 13.01.2025 | От тележки с интернетом до ИИ Legaltech: четыре цифровых стартапа из Руанды | Продолжаем рассказывать о Руанде, на этот раз — о ее инновационном и IT-секторе. Страну часто называет одним из самых быстрорастущих инновационных хабов субсахарской Африки, хотя из-за низкого старта и небольшой численности населения ей еще... |
| 10.11.2024 | Electric vehicles in Africa: what’s taking so long? | In sub-Saharan Africa, high levels of particulate matter (PM2.5) pollution from vehicle tailpipe emissions cause poor health, developmental stunting and even death. Vehicle emissions also contribute to global warming. Electric vehicles coul... |
| 29.08.2024 | Electric motorcycle maker Ampersand raises $2 million to expand in East Africa | Ampersand, a Rwandan electric motorcycle manufacturer, has raised a $2 million Series A extension to expand to other East African countries. It brings the company’s total funding to $21.5 million. The funding saw a mixture of new and existi... |
| 19.06.2024 | Big plan to replace Africa’s motorbikes with electric models | BYD and Ampersand have reached an agreement they hope will replace Africa’s commercial motorbike transport system. The collaboration is aimed at helping decarbonise Africa’s transport industry, offering non-air-polluting vehicles and econom... |
| 24.04.2024 | M-KOPA and Bolt partner to launch e-bike initiative in Kenya | Bolt, the leading on-demand mobility company in Africa, in collaboration with M-KOPA, a leading African fintech platform, today announced the launch of its electric bike fleet in Kenya. Through this partnership, new and existing drivers wil... |
| 15.02.2024 | Ampersand Receives Investment From Beyond Capital Ventures | Ampersand, a Kigali, Rwanda, Africa-based electric transport energy company, received an investment from Beyond Capital Ventures. The amount of the deal was not disclosed. The company intends to use the funds to support its expansion plans,... |
| 24.07.2023 | Public transit is driving EV sector growth in Kenya | The public transit sector in Kenya is driving the country’s electric vehicle adoption as global calls for a switch to sustainable transport continue. For the first time last year, commercial electric mass transport buses were deployed to va... |
| 07.06.2023 | Ampersand achieves major milestone with 1,000 electric motorcycles on East African roads | Celebration of the 1,000 e-motorcycles milestone in Kigali The company continues to drive sustainable transportation in Rwanda and Kenya KIGALI, RWANDA, June 7, 2023/EINPresswire.com/ -- Ampersand, Africa’s leading integrated electric motor... |
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