In emerging economies, where spending billions to build public transit infrastructure can be out of reach, startups are using technology to meet the mobility needs of a rising urban middle class. Swvl, Treepz, Jatri, SafeBoda, Urbvan, Chalo and Buser are just a few of the startups that have popped up in Africa, Asia, the Middle East and South America in recent years, all with…
Mobility startup Plentywaka picks up $1.2M seed, acquires Ghana’s Stabus Written by Tage Kene-Okafor Lagos and Toronto-based mobility startup Plentywaka has raised a $1.2 million seed round to scale its operations on the back of leaving the Techstars Toronto accelerator program last month. Canadian-based VC firm The Xchange led the round, SOSV and Shock Ventures participated, while…
It was a delight to have Nigeria’s oldest Tech Blogger and Founder of Mobility Arena, Mr Yomi Adegboye in the studio to discuss the little beginnings of Tech Blogging in Nigeria. Yomi, who is an Architect by training left the drawing board to pursue a career in ICT, after he successfully pulled through web hosting,website…