Cars45, a pan-African automotive trading platform, after success in Nigeria, has launched its car transaction business in Ghana ad Kenya.
The end-to-end digitised customer journey for buying, selling and swapping cars in Africa, is Keen on being the go-to trade company for the 9 million car users on the continent.
Using its technology-enabled platform, consumers in Ghana and Kenya can now sell their cars directly through Cars45 and get paid in 45 minutes.
According to the car trading company, sellers have access to standardised pricing and a transparent marketplace, with 100 percent visibility into price offers, and buyers get access to the largest selection of verified cars.
Cars45 also said the vehicle financing, background checks, vehicle history, insurance, after-sales support, servicing and other ancillary services that consumers will need in their automotive lifecycle would be provided.
Cars45 will also conduct multi-level screening to ensure that only serious buyers are brought forward. Buyers will have full confidence in the purchase they are making and sellers will be protected by an escrow model.
According to Etop Ikpe, CEO and co-founder of Cars45, “We want to connect buyers and sellers across the continent in the most seamless way, taking the stress out of the trading experience. After successfully establishing ourselves in Nigeria, expanding into Ghana and Kenya made perfect sense as the ideal next step as we build a transparent and fair structure for trading cars on the continent.
Ikpe added that “the process of buying and selling cars today can be complicated, time-consuming and needlessly expensive. We want to put an end to that by providing an easy and convenient way for consumers across Africa to make what is often the most significant financial transaction of their lives.”
Cars45 also aimed to expand into additional African markets in 2020.
With platforms launched in Ghana (www.cars45.com.gh) and Kenya (www.cars45.co.ke), retail locations has been opened in Nairobi and Accra.
Cars45 plans to increase its footprint in Ghana and Kenya even further by opening more centres in Mombasa, Takoradi and other cities.
