Adetayo Bamiduro

Motorcycle financing entrepreneur

TED Fellow Adetayo Bamiduro is a motorcycle financing entrepreneur.

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Adetayo Bamiduro is a mobility entrepreneur and the cofounder of Metro Africa Xpress (MAX), a subscription platform that is democratizing access to sustainable transportation and financial well-being. MAX seeks to build labor justice, provide sustainable living wages and fight unemployment by enabling gig-workers to finance energy efficient vehicles and access financial support services. By offering a range of zero emission vehicles, MAX is helping to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and combat climate change.

Adetayo Bamiduro’s TED Talk

Adetayo Bamiduro
Africa's path to clean mobility -- driven by motorcycles
5 minutes 12 seconds
A lack of infrastructure in parts of Africa has made unregulated, gas-powered motorcycle taxis widespread -- a system that gets people where they need to be, but heavily pollutes the air and excludes drivers from the formal economy. TED Fellow and entrepreneur Adetayo Bamiduro offers his vision for a cleaner, more equitable future, where an electric motorcycle service helps green Africa's transportation and transform the lives and livelihoods of drivers.
Posted Dec 2022

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Adetayo Bamiduro

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