BasiGo yabonye igishoro cya miliyoni $42 izifashisha mu kwagura ubucuruzi bw’imodoka zikoresha amashanyarazi

Kuri uyu wa 23 Ukwakira 2024, Sosiyete ya BasiGo, ikomeje kuba intangarugero mu gutanga umusanzu w’ibisubizo birambye byo kurengera ibidukikije no kugabanya ibyuka bihumanya ikirere itanga imodoka zikoresha amashanyarazi mu gutwara abagenzi muri Afurika yo munsi y’ubutayu bwa Sahara, yabonye ishoramari rya miliyoni $42 rizafasha kwihutisha ubucuruzi bwayo bwo gutanga imodoka zikoresha amashanyarazi mu bihugu by’Afurika y’Iburasirazuba.

Iyi nkunga irimo miliyoni $24 y’ubukungu bwo mu cyiciro cya mbere (Series A) na miliyoni $17.5 z’inguzanyo.

Iki cyiciro cya mbere cy’ishoramari mu bukungu cyayobowe na Africa50, ikigo kizobereye mu ishoramari mu bikorwa remezo muri Afurika, gifatanije n’abandi bashoramari b’imena barimo Novastar Ventures, CFAO Kenya, hamwe n’abandi bafatanyabikorwa mpuzamahanga.

Aya mafaranga agiye kwifashishwa mu kwagura ibikorwa bya BasiGo byo gukoresha imodoka zikoresha amashanyarazi mu Rwanda no muri Kenya, kimwe no gufungura amasoko mashya mu bihugu byo muri Afurika y’Iburasirazuba.

Iri shoramari rizafasha BasiGo kugeza imodoka zikoresha amashanyarazi 1,000 mu bihugu by’Afurika y’Iburasirazuba mu myaka itatu iri imbere, bigabanya cyane imyuka yangiza ikirere mu mijyi nka Kigali na Nairobi.

Mu Rwanda, aho BasiGo imaze gutangiza imodoka esheshatu zikoresha amashanyarazi mu byerekezo byo mu mujyi wa Kigali, inkunga nshya ya miliyoni $7.5 yatanzwe na British International Investment (BII) izafasha mu gutangiza ku mugaragaro imodoka nshya mu gihugu.

Umuyobozi Mukuru wa BasiGo, Jit Bhattacharya, yagaragaje ko iri shoramari ryongera umusanzu ukomeye mu kurwanya imyuka ihumanya: “Iyi nkunga ishimangira icyerekezo cyacu cyo guhindura uburyo bwo gutwara abagenzi mu mijyi ya Afurika. Ubufasha bwa Africa50 n’abandi bashoramari buradufasha kongera umubare w’imodoka zisukuye, tugira uruhare mu kurengera ibidukikije.”

Iri shoramari rikomeye kandi rifungura imiryango ku yandi mafaranga yatanzwe n’ibigo mpuzamahanga, birimo miliyoni $10 yatanzwe n’Ikigo cy’Iterambere rya Leta Zunze Ubumwe za Amerika (DFC), izafasha kongera ubushobozi bwa BasiGo mu ruganda rukora imodoka zikoresha amashanyarazi muri Kenya. Aya mafaranga azanakomeza gahunda ya “Pay-As-You-Drive” ituma ba nyir’imodoka bashobora kwishyura mu buryo buboroheye.

Raza Hasnani, Umuyobozi Mukuru wa Africa50, yagize ati: “Twishimiye kuyobora iri shoramari rifasha mu kurengera ibidukikije. Imodoka za BasiGo zizafasha kugabanya imyuka yangiza ikirere, bigatuma Afurika igira uruhare rukomeye mu kurwanya ihindagurika ry’ibihe no guteza imbere iterambere rirambye.”

BasiGo, n’imodoka zikoresha amashanyarazi, irateganya gufasha kugabanya imyuka ihumanya ikirere ndetse no kwihutisha iterambere rirambye mu karere.

Mu Rwanda, aho hari ibyifuzo birenga 300 by’abifuza imodoka nshya, BasiGo ikomeje kugira uruhare runini mu kuzamura iterambere ridaheza kandi rirengera ibidukikije.