Built in Arusha, shaped by five years on the road

About Greenfoot Africa

Greenfoot Africa is a Tanzanian electric mobility company based in Arusha. We design, build and operate ZELO, a business-to-business delivery platform that pairs a purpose-built electric cargo tricycle with our own booking, dispatch and fleet software and solar-powered battery-swap hubs.

Our mission

To let local businesses move up to three times the cargo of a standard motorbike for the price of one motorbike trip, using clean, renewable energy.

Our vision

African cities where goods move cleanly, affordably and reliably, on vehicles built and serviced locally.

We started with a simple belief: that light-duty electric vehicles, charged by the sun and run on smart business models, could make moving goods far cheaper for the small businesses that keep our cities running, while making those cities cleaner.

Our story

Five years of learning on Arusha's roads. Every lesson went into what we built next.

Year	Milestone
2021	Greenfoot Go starts paid deliveries for businesses in Arusha on imported electric cargo motorbikes: 2,219 trips and 15,821 km. With Access to Energy Institute, we study e-mobility for productive use in Tanzania
2022–2024	We served Sun King for 21 months: 1,010 paid trips and 10,564 km. From February 2023, the service runs on our own locally developed ZELO eTrikes
2024	Working with MIT D-Lab, we develop a production-ready eTrike and ZELO Connect for a scaled rollout
2025	EEP Africa awards us a grant to roll out a 30-eTrike operation in Arusha
2026	Battery, motor, and parts supply chain in place; Hub 1 installed; first 12 production eTrikes waiting for deployment
2027	The Arusha operation grows to 30+ eTrikes and 3 solar hubs, serving 120+ businesses

What we learned shaped everything we built: two-wheelers limited the loads we could carry, imported vehicles could not be serviced locally, and manual dispatch capped growth. So we built a vehicle suited for the job and one that could be easily built and repaired using the existing local supply chain- and software to run it at scale.

Our team

A Tanzanian team. Engineering, software, finance and operations under one roof.

Johnson Jacka

Founder and Managing Director. Leads product development and manufacturing. Started our first electric delivery service in 2021, designed the ZELO eTrike, and oversaw its testing with customers.

Vitto Tairo

Finance and Administration Lead. Runs finance, compliance, reporting, and investor updates.

Yosia Lukumayi

Software Development Lead. Builds ZELO Connect: booking, dispatch, tracking and fleet data.

Collins Saburi

Fleet Management and Operations Lead. Runs the fleet, riders, hubs and battery swaps.

Our partners

The partners behind ZELO. Funding, research, energy, technology and manufacturing.

Partner	Role
EEP Africa	Grant funder for the Arusha pilot, funded by the Nordic Development Fund
MIT D-Lab	Engineering advisory, research and development
TEMDO	Fabrication support and product certification
Photons Energy	Solar power for our charging and battery-swap hubs
SuperPack Technology	Battery packs
QS Motor	Drivetrain components
Baobab Fabrication Services (BFS)	Contract manufacturer in Arusha, working with us to establish local manufacturing capacity for our scale-up after the pilot
Access to Energy Institute (A2EI)	Research partner on e-mobility adoption in Tanzania (2021). Download the report (PDF)

Greenfoot Africa Limited, incorporated in Tanzania (BRELA certificate no. 139036883). Nane Nane Grounds, Njiro Road, 23109 Arusha, Tanzania.