Rwanda launches electric bikes after grabbing headlines with homemade mobile phones
Electric motorbikes from Rwanda. Photo Credit: The New Times of Rwanda Rwanda continues its exceptional recent history of innovation and development with news that the country has launched a model of electric motorbikes and bicycles. The bikes are the business of Safi Limited, a local start-up company committed to raising sustainable and efficient solutions to problems of transportation in the East African country. Both motorbikes and bicycles will be available to be shared by the general public. Users would then have to download a mobile app which they will use to unlock the bicycles from charging docks across Kigali, Rwanda’s capital. For commuters without smartphones, smart-cards would be issued by the company to access the bikes. Customers would use means such as mobile money or bank transfers to pay for using the bikes while card users will rely on agents to load their cards. On his part, the CEO of Safi, Tony Adesina said, “We are here in Rwanda because of th