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This 2-year old EV startup wants to invest $100m in Morocco
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 | Blu EV, one of Egypt’s leading EV startups, is set to enter Morocco by the end of 2025 with a planned investment of $100 million. The company’s main business is converting petrol-powered motorcycles into electric ones. It also sells new electric motorcycles and manages a network of battery swapping stations to support the use of electric bikes. |
Blu EV was launched in 2023 and has rapidly expanded in Egypt in just two years, proving its business model. The vibrant Moroccan automotive market offers the startup an ideal place to test its products outside Egypt.
Morocco has over 3 million motorcycles, with an annual growth rate of 8%, making it one of the largest motorcycle countries in the region.
Our take: Blue EV’s diversified EV product portfolio gives it a chance of success outside Egypt… Read more (2 min)
 | Roam, a Kenya-based electric motorcycle manufacturer, has partnered with logistics company Keep It Cool to launch Africa’s first fully electric cold-chain delivery network for fresh farm produce. The partnership will begin with five Roam Air electric motorcycles. Keep It Cool currently moves over 250,000 kg of fresh food every week across Kenya’s major cities. |
Electric two-wheelers join the $11 billion African cold chain market by offering a low-cost, low-emission solution for last-mile delivery. Scalability and affordability are aimed connecting rural producers to urban markets, reducing food waste and boosting farmer incomes.
Beyond fresh produce, the cold-chain EV market is expanding into healthcare logistics. United Pharmaceutical Distributors in South Africa uses electric vans for medicine delivery.
Our take: E-motorcycles carry more than e-bicycles, are faster, and navigate traffic better than electric three-wheelers… Read more (2 min)
 | Two former SafeBoda senior executives who teamed up to form Kenyan used car marketplace Peach Cars positioned their startup to raise $11 million in a Series A funding round in June 2025. Zachary John-Pillow Petroni, the COO, and Kaoru Kaganoi, the CEO, teamed up in 2020 to establish the platform. The duo previously steered the firm to raise $5 million in June 2023. |
Before co-founding Peach Cars, Mr Kaoru had stints at consulting firm McKinsey, the UN and SafeBoda, while Mr Petroni previously worked at Komaza, Jawabu Business Consultants, The Shamba Project, SafeBoda and Kennedy Care.
A total of five mobility startups were successful as fundraisers in the past month. Two have two co-founding teams while the rest lead solo. Three are first-time founders; the rest are startup veterans.
Our take: Used car platforms such as Peach Cars have a role to play in accelerating access to cheaper second-hand EVs… Read more (2 min)
EVCA workshop manager Aubrey Zvareva gets Zimbabwe’s first BYD Shark 6
Events
🗓️ Register for Public Transportation Electrification in Africa webinar (July 23)
🗓️ Attend Battery Metals Forum in DRC (Sept 29)
🗓️ Join experts at the E-Mobility and Infrastructure Africa in Kenya Summit (Nov 26)
Jobs
📒 Become an Insurance and Logbook Operations Manager at M-kopa (Kenya)
💼 Apply for Inventory Manager role at M-Kopa (Kenya)
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Various
📈 Flone Initiative launches Women in E-Mobility Mentorship program
📋 Pitch your business Idea at the Blue Earth Summit
🥇 Renault rolls out its first 100% electric car manufactured in Morocco
Seen on LinkedIn
Sindi Buthelezi, Audience Manager at VUKA Group, says, “There’s an urgent need for skills in planning, operations, battery maintenance, and charging infrastructure. Without investing in people, the transition risks losing momentum.”