Kenya’s eBee Cuts Staff, Faces Tax Blow as Electric Bike Uptake Stalls - Tech

Kenya’s eBee Cuts Staff, Faces Tax Blow as Electric Bike Uptake Stalls - Tech

Kenyan electric mobility startup eBee has scaled back its operations after cutting nearly its entire workforce, exposing cracks in the country’s drive for two-wheeled electrification. By early 2025, the company, with a goal to place one million e-bicycles on African roads by 2030, had dismissed most of its 50 employees across departments.  Internal documents sent to staff in February cited “a substantial decline in revenue, extremely high cost o…

How a Kenyan E-Bike Startup’s Big Ambitions Met a Tough Reality

Kenya’s eBee Mobility, once a rising player in the electric bicycle market, has recently laid off the majority of its staff as reported by TechCabal, reflecting the pressures facing the country’s e-mobility sector. Founded in 2021, the startup aimed to transform urban transport with electric bicycles designed for African cities. Despite ambitious goals and expansion … The post Kenya’s eBee Mobility Faces Workforce Shakeup Amid Market Challenges …

Kenya’s eBee cuts staff in sweeping company-wide layoffs

eBee Africa, the Kenyan mobility startup that once promised to put one million electric bicycles on African roads by 2030, laid off most of its roughly 50 employees across all departments in early 2025 and scaled back operations after struggling to drive sales, according to five people familiar with the company.  eBee told staff in a February redundancy notice seen by TechCabal that it would cut jobs across all departments, citing a “substantial…