eWAKA Joins the Cartier Women’s Initiative to Accelerate Africa’s Transition to Clean Mobility

eWAKA at a Glance Nearly 1,500 active riders in Kenya and Rwanda More than one million deliveries completed, up by over 80,000 on the prior year More than 550 vendors onboarded onto the company’s merchant ordering platform Approximately Ksh 25 million (about US$190,000 or CHF 150,000) earned by riders, up more than Ksh 6 million on the prior year More than 1,500 jobs were created, with over 85% of riders aged 18 to 30 More than 3000 metric tons of CO₂ emissions avoided through clean mobility operations Woman-founded and woman-led, with women working as riders, vendors, and agents across the network By bringing electric vehicles, financing, and software together in a single operation, eWAKA is building a model it can carry from one city to the next, so that each new market means more riders earning, more businesses served, and cleaner air to breathe.” The Cartier Women’s Initiative is an international entrepreneurship program established in 2006 to support women impact entrepreneurs who are building a more inclusive society for generations to come.

Chosen from applicants around the world, Vogel represents the Anglophone and Lusophone Africa category of the 2026 Cartier Women’s Initiative Awards, which celebrate women entrepreneurs using business as a force for positive change.