Who is Mozambikes?

Mozambikes, Lda started as an idea of the founders during a roadtrip across Mozambique, when we encountered person after person walking along the side of the road with massive containers of water or bundles of firewood on their heads.

We began to question why these people must walk many kilometers each day, and learned that there is no alternative to travel to and from these small towns given the scarcity of transportation in rural regions.

The bicycle, which is lower cost and easier to maintain than other forms of personal transportation, is the obvious solution. 		Mozambikes uma Empresa para os Moçambicanos

However, we found few bicycle providers in the country in general, and those who are operating demand prices too high for the people who can benefit most from ownership.
Mozambikes Transporte a 999 Meticais The further North we went on our roadtrip, the higher the prices rose, as providers pass all transport costs to the low income consumers. We found the exact same bicycle in Mueda at double the price available in Maputo.

Thus, we rolled up our sleeves and began to build a bicycle industry in Mozambique. Mozambikes, Lda is a Mozambican company that will customize and develop bicycles for the local market. We maintain strong relationships with distribution and retail partners throughout the country to get bicycles to the farthest regions of the country, providing equal benefits to all Mozambicans from the North to the South of the country.
Our business is a for-profit social venture, seeking profits to scale the social mission of the company, which is to alleviate poverty through low-cost, efficient transportation. The business is for-profit to set a precedent for successful business here in Mozambique, though we intend to leverage profits to scale the impact of our footprint.