Services
Nopia Ride electric taxi hailing
Nopia is the first taxi hailing service in Africa based purely on 100% electric vehicles. In Nairobi, 95% of electricity comes from renewable sources.
EkoRent sharing economy platform
With our web platform and smart hardware for sharing, basically anything that requires a key can be easily shared with anyone.
Nopia Smart City
Since December 2014, EkoRent has been developing mobility services and collecting related traffic data. We are the pioneers of clean mobility services.
Company
EkoRent Oy was founded in Helsinkin in November 2014. EkoRent was the first company in Finland to offer hourly-based rental of fully electric vehicles for companies and private customers.
EkoRent Africa Ltd., founded in 2017, opened an all-electric taxi service Nopia Ride in Nairobi in August 2018.
Based on our experiences in Nairobi and the market potential in Africa, in summer 2019 we decided to shift the focus of our operations to outside of Finland and concentrate on solving the traffic problems in rapidly developing African cities.
Our goal is to provide clean mobility to even more Nairobians and replicate the Nopia Ride service in other rapidly growing cities that struggle with traffic congestion and pollution.
Team
- Over 10 years of experience (combined) on running an EV business
- Practical and scientific knowledge of charging stations, EV batteries and renewable energy
- Practical and scientific knowledge on EV charging requirements
- Experience in user-level GPS data allowing network optimization and operational efficiency
- First and only company with practical experience in EV business operations in East Africa region
Juha Suojanen
CEO, Founder
Before founding EkoRent, Juha worked for Nokia in product and technology management, and in technology sales positions. He holds two international patents related to handling data traffic optimally in mobile networks.
Dr. Juuso Lindgren
CTO
Juuso holds a PhD in energy sciences with his doctoral thesis titled 'Charging of plug-in EV fleets in urban environment'. He has a background in research, energy systems, simulations and profitability analysis.
Juuso is interested in all manner of new technologies, believing that world's problems can be fixed with science.