Home / About Us

Built for Africa.
By Africa.

Carvan is Pan-African auto-fintech infrastructure — conceived in Uganda, built for the continent, and expanding to serve every African dreaming of vehicle ownership.

Our Mission

We are building the infrastructure Africa deserves.

Africa's vehicle markets are large, growing, and deeply underserved. Millions of qualified buyers cannot access financing. Thousands of dealers operate without structure or trust. Banks receive incomplete applications and reject viable customers.

Carvan exists to fix this. Not by being another listing site. By being the structured digital layer that makes every transaction verifiable, every buyer qualified, and every dealer accountable.

We believe that vehicle ownership is transformative — for families, for businesses, for communities. And we believe that every African who earns a vehicle deserves a trustworthy path to own one.

🏛️
Infrastructure First
We don't sell cars. We build the systems that make car transactions possible, trustworthy, and structured.
🔒
Trust by Design
Every dealer is verified. Every vehicle documented. Every buyer pre-qualified. Trust is not an afterthought — it is the product.
🌍
Pan-African Ambition
We start in Uganda. We think in continents. Every system we build is designed to scale from Kampala to Lagos to Nairobi to Accra.
🤝
Community Rooted
Carvan is funded by community. Built for community. The diaspora, the local professional, the small dealer — all are stakeholders in this mission.
Leadership
JN
Jonathan Ndakola
Founder & Group CEO
Founder
63%
Equity held
UG
Based in
2
Markets active
"I built Carvan because I watched people lose money, lose trust, and lose opportunities in a market that deserved better infrastructure. Africa is not short of ambition. It is short of systems."

Jonathan Ndakola is the Founder and Group CEO of Carvan Technologies Ltd — a Pan-African auto-fintech marketplace headquartered in Kampala, Uganda.

Carvan was conceived from firsthand observation of the inefficiencies, fraud, and financing gaps that define African automotive markets. The insight was simple but profound: the problem was not demand, it was infrastructure. Buyers existed. Dealers existed. Banks existed. What was missing was the structured digital layer connecting all three.

Jonathan built Carvan to be that layer — starting in Uganda, expanding through East Africa, and ultimately serving the entire continent as the Stripe × AutoTrader of Africa.

He leads the company's overall strategy, technology vision, bank partnership development, and investor relations — including the growing Ugandan diaspora investor community in Florida and Canada.

Florida Investors → Global Investors
Our Journey

The Carvan story.

2024 — The Idea
Identifying the Gap
Jonathan Ndakola identifies the core problem: African vehicle markets are large but structurally broken. No platform combines verified listings with structured bank financing. The concept for Carvan is born.
2025 — Foundation
Building the Infrastructure
Carvan Technologies Ltd is incorporated in Uganda. The platform architecture is designed — dealer onboarding, AI pre-qualification engine, bank referral system, and buyer dashboard. First dealer conversations begin.
2026 — Launch
Uganda Pilot Goes Live
Carvan UG launches in Uganda with initial dealer onboarding and first bank partnership conversations. The Florida community investor round opens — bringing diaspora capital into the mission. Carvan CA launches for diaspora buyers in Canada.
2027 — Expansion
East Africa: Kenya
Following Uganda validation, Carvan expands to Kenya — a market with strong fintech adoption, mature digital payments, and significant vehicle demand. Carvan KE launches with local bank partnerships and dealer onboarding.
2028+ — The Vision
Pan-African Infrastructure
Nigeria, Rwanda, Tanzania, Ghana. Pan-African structured auto transaction platform. Embedded financing. Digital vehicle registry integration. Cross-border marketplace. API integrations with banks across the continent.
The Team

The people
behind Carvan.

A lean, mission-driven team building infrastructure for a continent.

JN
Jonathan Ndakola
Founder & Group CEO
Leads overall strategy, investor relations, bank partnerships, and product vision. Architect of the Pan-African auto-fintech infrastructure concept.
CO
Country Operations Director
Uganda Operations — Hiring
Responsible for dealer onboarding, bank relationship management, market validation, and regulatory coordination in Uganda.
+
We are building the team.
Carvan is actively hiring for technology, operations, and partnerships across Uganda and beyond.
careers@carvan.africa →
Partners & Ecosystem

Built with the
right partners.

🏦
Partner Banks
Financial Institutions — Uganda
Onboarding
🚗
Verified Dealers
Vehicle Dealers — Uganda
Active
📋
Regulatory Bodies
Uganda Revenue Authority
Compliant
🌐
Tech Infrastructure
Cloud & AI Platform
Live

Ready to be part of
Africa's auto future?

Whether you're a buyer, dealer, investor, or partner — Carvan has a place for you.

Florida Investors → Global Investors Use the Platform