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Firm bets on Sh1b financing to boost e-mobility adoption

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By Nanjinia Wamuswa | Jul 31, 2024

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**Mogo Business Development Project Manager Rauls Leitis (left), Roam sales coordinator Evaline Wawuda and Mogo Sales Head Johannes Vohma during a past event.** [File, Standard]

Asset financier Mogo has invested Sh1 billion in funding injected by the US International Development Corporation (IDFC) to finance electric boda bodas and tuk-tuks at affordable interest rates.

The firm, which has lent out Sh20 billion for boda boda and motor vehicle loans and provided financial products to more than 120,000 Kenyans over the past five years, has announced plans to direct the injected funds towards financing EVs to increase the adoption of e-bikes and tuk-tuks in the country.

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