Africa e-commerce giant Jumia Kenya has partnered with eBee Africa to roll out electric bicycle deliveries across Nairobi.
eBee is a Kenyan startup established in 2020 offering subscription-based electric bikes.
We are proud to announce that we have partnered up with Jumia ! This facilitates an opportunity for a new breed of riders to operate with clean mobility and make more money while reducing the cost of delivery for consumers on the last mile!@JumiaKenya #HustleYanguNieBee pic.twitter.com/XBxQhABAEl
— eBee.africa (@eBee_Africa) December 1, 2021
The partnership reduces customer delivery fees while offering riders higher incomes. This partly owes to the fact that e-bicycles don’t consume fuel and have low maintenance costs when compared to ordinary motorcycles. At the same time, CO2 emissions are also reduced.
The electricity bicycles deployed for Jumia deliveries have powerful electric motors and batteries capable of lasting an entire day of deliveries after a 4-hour charge
eBee Africa will also be offering special rates for Jumia’s logistics partners to encourage the uptake of eco-friendly modes of transport.
Jumia Services Country Manager, Ankur Agarwal said, “The most exciting thing about e-bicycles and electric vehicles (EVs) more generally, is that they make business sense! It’s a win-win for society and the bottom line. This pilot with eBee is the beginning of a conscious push across Africa into EVs. We hope we can play a part, as early adopters, in speeding up the penetration of the industry in Africa.”
eBee Africa MD, Olivia Lamenya said, “eBee Africa provides the electric solution to mass transportation in rapidly-growing African cities. By partnering with Jumia, we aim to facilitate their deliveries in Nairobi using an end-to-end 0 emission transport network. Providing affordable, worry-free, and clean mobility contributes to our mission to empower every man and woman to do business and to be in charge of their future. Our audacious goal is having 1 million eBees on the road in sub-Saharan Africa by 2030.”
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