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B2B marketplace for Auto Dealers in Africa
Our platform helps car dealers find, finance and sell more cars in the $30B African used Car market. We are building the largest auto dealership ecosystem ; powering $10Bn transactions annually
Shekel Mobility is a B2B marketplace connecting African auto dealers with global suppliers, financing, logistics, and digital tools to digitize dealership operations. It offers a cross-border infrastructure for auto trade with various dealer types and embedded financing at checkout. The platform is available on web and mobile and emphasizes inventory funding and management solutions.
The product connects global suppliers and African dealers through a centralized marketplace offering: inventory sourcing and verification, dealer-network listings, lending and fulfillment to finance and ship cars in one flow, inventory and showroom management, invoicing, and business management tools. It includes an embedded plugin (Shekly) that enables financing, payments, and fulfillment at checkout, plus an AI assistant (Shailoq) to guide buying and selling decisions. It supports different dealer profiles (local, agent, and global suppliers) with tools tailored to each, such as auction mirroring, marketplace listings, price control, profit tracking, and cross-border logistics support.
mentions of Get Started for Free, and multiple references to platform tools and partnerships implying traction; no explicit funding round details provided
Benjamen is Founder of Shekel Mobility. Ben founded his first successful business at 17 and has since led teams to launch products that have impacted the mobility sector in SSA and generated several million of dollars. An experienced growth hacker and an experienced entrepreneur.
A rockstar engineer who has over 10 years of experience and has built scalable application for various sectors especially fintech. He has worked for companies like Nextravel, Andela etc.
Sanmi is an experienced mobility entrepreneur and the co-founder and Chief Executive Officer at Shekel. Over the last 10 years, Sanmi has founded and exited enterprises with an average USD 900K ARR in the automotive industry overseeing sourcing, business Strategy and growth. Sanmi studied Engineering Physics at Obafemi Awolowo University.
Meet Shekel Mobility, A platform that offers a simpler, smarter and faster way to launch and grow your car dealership locally or virtually.
Shekel Mobility provides a financing and operating system for car dealers in Africa. The launch presents the platform as a tool to grow inventory and sales through affordable finance, targeting dealers locally or virtually, with a goal of building a large auto dealership ecosystem and reaching $10 billion in activity by 2025.
From the original launch (Dec 2022) — may be outdated.
