IFC to buy Sh645m stake in electric motorbike company

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ARC Ride CEO Joseph Hurst-Croft during the launch of the zoom motorbike and automated battery swap station at Kmall, Nairobi on June 26, 2023. 

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The World Bank’s private sector investment arm, International Finance Corporation (IFC), plans to make an equity investment of up to $5 million (Sh645 million) in e-mobility provider Arc Ride, which is eyeing regional expansion.

IFC said Arc Ride is in the market for its Series A financing round to fund expansion and growth, but did not disclose the size of stake it will be taking up in the e-mobility company founded in 2020.

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