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PlentyWaka Acquires Stabus Ghana After Securing $1.2M in Seed Funding

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Africa’s public transportation sector is gradually evolving with the emergence of new technology-driven modes of transportation. To speed up the pace of this evolution, Toronto-headquartered shared mobility startup, Plentywaka, which provides hassle-free shared rides on-demand, announced that it has fully acquired Stabus, one of Ghana’s leading mobility startups. This is a step to further Plentywaka’s ambition of building the largest shared mobility platform on the African continent, starting with West Africa.

 

PlentyWaka Acquires Stabus Ghana After Securing $1.2M in Seed Funding

Left-Right: CMO Stabus, Nicholas Boampong, Admin Stabus, Christabel Lamptey, CEO Stabus, Isidore Kpotufe, CEO Plentywaka Onyeka Akumah, VP Customer Engagement Plentywaka Shaibu John, President Plentywaka Johnny Ena,
VP Products Development Afolabi Oluseyi.

 

Stabus was launched in 2019 by its Co-Founder, Isidore Kpotufe who shared that the startup has moved over 100,000 people in Accra, the capital city of Ghana. Their services include daily bus-stop to bus-stop transportation as well as providing staff bus solutions for multinationals like MTN Ghana and GB Foods. Following up on the acquisition deal
announced today, Stabus will now be known as Plentywaka Ghana with the mobility platform offering a range of low-cost and premium vehicles which includes cars, mini-vans and buses for public transportation. Isidore Kpotufe will become the Country Manager of Plentywaka Ghana and will be joined by the current team of Stabus.

 

PlentyWaka Acquires Stabus Ghana After Securing $1.2M in Seed Funding

Stabus Team is now Ghana!

 

Plentywaka’s acquisition of Stabus comes in the wake of announcing its seed round of
$1.2M USD, only two months after successfully ending the Techstars Toronto Accelerator
Program in July 2021. This investment in Plentywaka attracted a wide range of investors
from Canada, the United States, China and Nigeria. The Xchange, a Toronto based fund, led this seed round, while Techstars followed on their previous investment in Plentywaka to participate in the round as well. Other investors include SOSV, the most active VC globally in the angel/seed deal type and ShockVentures, a VC from the United States. Nigerian investment firms who participated in the round include Argentil Capital Partners and ODBA & Co Ventures , an early-stage investor in Kuda Bank. There were also a couple of angel investors from Canada, the US and Africa who also participated in the seed round to give Plentywaka the much-needed boost to continue its impressive growth.

Plentywaka’s Co-Founder & CEO, Onyeka Akumah said, “Plentywaka’s acquisition of
Stabus is a firm statement about our commitment to grow and build the largest shared
mobility startup in Africa, one country at a time. Isidore is a brilliant entrepreneur and we are excited about having him and his team execute our plans for the Ghanaian market as

Plentywaka Ghana’s operations commences on the 16th of September in Accra. In addition to our work in Ghana, we are also really happy about the progress we’ve made in Nigeria as well to scale our Dailywaka service that provides bus-stop to bus-stop transportation service for thousands of commuters. Today, we have moved close to half a million people and that’s a credit to the effort of my team, our heroes (a term used to describe Plentywaka drivers) and our investors who continue to believe and support our growth with their investments.

With our Travelwaka service, we have been able to cater for interstate travelers across 21
cities in Nigeria and we are looking to expand to more cities as new bus partners sign up
with us.”

Todd Finch, Founder and Managing Partner of The Xchange, the lead investor in the seed
round, commented “The Xchange is on a mission to fuel purpose driven founders with the capital and resources they need to realize the world-changing potential of their ideas. Given Onyeka’s proven track record, his teams undeniable thirst for making an impact, and Plentywaka’s impressive growth, we knew this was an opportunity we wanted to invest in.”

With over 25 years of experience in building innovative technology startups, Todd Finch
shared “the Xchange is excited to help Plentywaka accelerate and scale their impact. “We
are excited to support Onyeka and the team with the resources they need to realize the full potential of their vision to change the African transport ecosystem. We have been most impressed with Plentywaka’s human centered approach, putting the drivers as the heroes of the story while creating an exceptional passenger experience. We are committed to supporting the vision of Plentywaka, its founders, and its journey for many years to come.”

 

Also speaking on Techstars participation in the Plentywaka seed round, Sunil Sharma,
Managing Director of Techstars Toronto said, “We are incredibly excited by our investment in Plentywaka. Techstars is a huge believer in the future of Africa and a proud supporter of African entrepreneurs. Onyeka is a two-time Techstars founder which deepens this relationship further.”

 

PlentyWaka Acquires Stabus Ghana After Securing $1.2M in Seed Funding

Left- Right, Co-founders of Plentywaka including CEO Onyeka Akumah, VP Product Development, Afolabi Oluseyi, President Johnny Ena, VP Customer Engagement, Shaibu John

Despite suspending its operations for 5 months in 2020 as a result of the global pandemic,Plentywaka has still been able to get 960 vehicles registered on its platform and help its riders commute more than 480,000 times in less than 2 years. According to Onyeka Akumah, expanding into Ghana is just the beginning for the team as it aligns with its Pan-African expansion plan. He said that Plentywaka is going to replicate its model across 6 other African countries within the next 2 years and will be looking for the right kind of investors and partners to join the ‘black and yellow’ movement to provide the best-in-class transportation service connecting cities and communities with technology across Africa.
 

 

 



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