Tue, 11 Nov 2025

Tue, 11 Nov 2025 The Kenyan start-up aiming to electrify African transport

From fleets of e-bikes to individual riders, eWaka aims to sell across Africa's delivery market.
Kenya's eWaka Mobility
* Hundreds of electric bicycles are zipping around Nairobi, provided by Kenyan start-up eWaka Mobility.
* Founded in 2021, eWaka offers a comprehensive service for delivering goods to doorsteps, known as the "last mile".
* The company sells e-bikes and trains individual riders, as well as providing fleets and software management solutions to companies. Sudan: Executions by RSF
* Videos analyzed by BBC Verify show unarmed people being executed after the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) captured el-Fasher city in Sudan.
* These incidents are part of a larger conflict between government forces and rebel groups in Sudan's civil war. Madagascar Coup
* Crowds celebrated in Antananarivo after an elite army unit claimed to have seized power from the president. Zeytin: The lost Turkish youngster
* Authorities hope that Zeytin, a young boy from Nigeria, can soon be returned home after being found in Turkey. Pope Selection
* The Archbishop of Abuja in Nigeria speaks about how the next pontiff could be selected. Floods and Displacement
* Residents are fleeing floodwaters by wading or paddling to safety in homemade canoes.
* Desperate residents have been forced to leave their homes due to flooding. Other news
* Teams from across Africa face off in a tournament created to boost the health of older women.
* The African Development Bank president shares his thoughts on how poverty shaped his world views.
* The BBC's Barbara Plett Usher visits Khartoum after the city was recaptured by Sudan's government forces. International reactions
* President Évariste Ndayishimiye says there is "credible intelligence" that Rwanda plans to attack Burundi.
* People react to Trump's comments on Lesotho.
* Nigeria's Foreign Minister speaks about the deportation of Nigerians from the US.
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