Hundreds of thousands of motorbike taxi drivers in Rwanda will be able to change petrol motorbikes into electric cars Bloomberg reported that the Rwandan government has partnered with a local company, Rwandan Electric Mobility, to deploy electric scooters in the country’s capital, Kigali. Rwanda has a population of more than 12.6 million people living in an area of ​​26,338 square kilometers, and is the most densely populated country in Africa. The motorbike taxi industry, motorbike taxi service, or delivery is a popular method of transportation and delivery in this country, thanks to its affordable prices and access to all corners of the country. Therefore, the initiative to convert gasoline-powered motorbikes that are nearing the end of their service life to electric ones, will help about 100,000 current motorbike owners to have new and zero-emission vehicles. This move not only reduces the overall carbon footprint but also effectively extends the life of these vehicles. It also greatly reduces maintenance costs, car owners don’t need to worry about oil changes and refueling their vehicles. To launch the project, the Rwanda Environmental Management Agency (REMA) signed a contract with Rwandan Electric Mobility, and technical and financial support from the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) was also secured to promote the project. project progress. The trial phase, which is expected to last for 6 months, will convert about 30,000 motorbike taxis currently using gasoline engines to electric motorbikes.

However, just 15 days later, MSC Cruises announced that the MSC Orchestra will sail through the Giudecca Canal, St Mark’s Square and dock in the city center on June 5. Illustration. Source: CNN The ban on cruise ships from central Venice has been repeated over the years. To deal with this problem, the yachts will approach the tourist port near the city centre, pass by St Mark’s Square and then continue along the Giudecca Canal – the area that separates central Venice from the island canal. Giudecca. This wide canal is now the main traffic route for ferries and water taxis. Cruise ships head up the 4km (2.5 mi) canal before turning right to dock at Marittima port west of central Venice. Some argue that the appearance of many yachts is worsening the city’s unique landscape, altering the ecosystem and harming the famous city. The incident that took place in June 2019 is an example. At that time, the MSC Opera cruise ship accidentally crashed into a dock in Venice, causing tourists to flee in chaos. Meanwhile, some other comments said that the cruise industry is bringing 42,000 jobs related to ships and promoting tourism economic development for Italy. “Cruises are extremely important. The Port of Venice is generating income for our city and is seen as a quality income. Travelers who choose to cruise will be willing to spend more and stay in the city. stay in the city longer,” said Mr. Adrea Tomaello – representative of the city of Venice. Venice is Italy’s second-largest port. Visitors here will stay in the city before or after the tour. “Cruise tourism accounts for 3.2% of Italy’s gross domestic product. This sector supports jobs for many city dwellers,” emphasized Mr. Adrea Tomaello. However, in the near future, the city of Venice has not yet taken any measures to overcome the above situation. “The problem exists, that is, there is no solution in the context of Venice falling into a state of serious impact,” said environmental scientist Jane da Mosto.

The “cloud fitness” boom continues.

On April 21st, the sports social platform Keep released the 7.0 version of the APP at the “2021 Spring Ring Conference”, and launched three new upgraded IP courses and the Keep smart spinning bike C1 Pro and Keep bracelet. B2 members enjoy two smart hardware products.

Huang Jingjing, vice president of Keep, said at the meeting that Keep will launch a celebrity coach team, and the interaction between coaches and users will also be upgraded, “I hope to create Li Jiaqi in the live fitness session.” In addition, keep’s premium live courses have been covered throughout the day, from 8 am to 22:00 at any time to meet the sports needs of users at different times.

Since its launch in 2015, Keep has been developing for 6 years and now has a scale of 300 million users. In January of this year, it completed a huge US$360 million round of financing. This round of financing was led by SoftBank Vision Fund, Hillhouse Capital, Gaodu Capital and other old shareholders such as GGV Jiyuan Capital, Tencent, Wuyuan Capital (formerly Morningside Capital), Times Capital and BAI Capital continued to invest more . After completing the financing, keep’s valuation reached 2 billion US dollars.

Recently, news broke that Keep has appointed a CFO and recruited directors of investor relations through multiple channels, and submitted a prospectus to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) as early as the end of April 2021 to apply for listing in the United States.

Although Keep responded that: “There is no more news to announce.” But China’s sports social platform has indeed stood on the “outlet.”

Looking overseas, the share price of American online fitness giant Peloton has risen from US$27 per share at the end of April last year to the current US$99.93 per share, an increase of 270% during the year and a market value of US$29.43 billion.

And will Keep be the next Peloton? This is the question of people outside the industry and the expectation of many investors.

Liu Dong, co-founder and vice president of keep

After this press conference, Liu Dong, co-founder and vice president of Keep, had a dialogue with the media on the company’s current business segments and business monetization model. The following is the content of the dialogue, organized by 24/7 technology:

Q: This year’s technology fitness track is particularly popular. What do you think ?

Liu Dong: I think we are at a stage where there is no end and I don’t know what the future endgame will look like. It’s just that every company or track has a different approach.

Peloton leads the rise in the United States. I believe that no one in China will invest in a company that makes sports apps, but start investing in companies that have sports hardware. In the future, technology will change the experience. I understand that the sports experience upgrade will be upgraded from coaching, feedback, and interaction together, because it can restore the offline experience, but it may be upgraded based on feedback. If we look back a little longer, starting with Nintendo’s Switch, whether it is a gamified sport or a sporty game, I think there are many questions that can be explored.

For Keep, we are definitely catching what we are best at. We have coaches, so we will do live broadcasts. It is possible that this is a threshold. There are only so many coaches in China. Through online and offline, coaches can produce good content. Maybe this thing is more difficult, so we start with the hardest thing.

Q: Keep announced that its annual sales have reached 1 billion. Can you announce the specific revenue share, which is the largest revenue?

Liu Dong: One billion is the sales of consumer products, not including online business and advertising business. From a comprehensive perspective of the three businesses, the first is the consumer goods business, the second is the advertising business, and the third is the membership service business. Our revenue is composed of these three parts. The sales will be a little more than the other two businesses combined. Consumer products still depend on scale, but members’ business profits will be better.

Keep is currently profitable. Online is our largest APP investment. When members have online income, it is also a high-margin Internet product and service, so it can cover this part of the cost.

Consumer goods can increase users’ repurchase in terms of eating, wearing, using, and training. You buy clothing for sports and food for sports. In fact, repurchase is a relatively large increase. In addition, the gross profit of food and clothing is definitely better than that of smart hardware. The overall environment is a healthier.

On the other hand, our users are Keep APP users, and we may not need to grow like the growth of other consumer products, such as the growth method of Perfect Diary. The overall development is still in a relatively benign state, and it is indeed easier to make a profit in this state.

But whether we want to continue to make profits depends on our future plans. We believe that at this stage, we need to make some investment. From a strategic point of view, we have made it clear that we must do this on the platform, content, and smart hardware.

Q: Among consumer products, which category has the highest GMV? In terms of food, how does Keep compete with businesses that specialize in this type of product?

Liu Dong: Our biggest category is still smart products , Keep is serious about the experience direction, this thing users can feel, so the fastest growing is the smart product, and the largest share is also the smart product.

The homogeneity of food may be more serious. The entire supply chain in China is basically relatively transparent, so our food is more integrated with the scene, and we have not invented and created products. In fact, food is quite difficult. It is a fast-moving consumer product and needs to constantly reach users and tell him the latest tastes. It’s not like buying a dumbbell. I’ll search for it and evaluate which one is better. But our current scale is still more than 100 million. For a new Internet company, we think it is a relatively good result.

Our current consumer products are planned from eating, wearing, using, and practicing. In “practice” or “use”, there will be many different product categories, but we are still focusing on the family scene. Like basketball and football, each piece is very big, but we didn’t involve in this field. We believe that when the family scenario is not good enough, we will not do basketball or football, so there is some restraint in the expansion of the category.

Q: A few years ago, Keep did Keepland. What is its current position and contribution role?

Liu Dong: The original intention of Keepland in 2017 is parallel to the content connecting the family. A connecting family and a connecting city will allow you to train more. At that time, we defined it as “infrastructure.”

In the subsequent development, the consumer goods business or online business develops very fast, offline is a slow process, and the speed is certainly not as fast as other online businesses, plus the impact of the previous epidemic. So Keepland has been doing it all the time, just saying that it makes it more stable compared to faster business. I personally think that Keepland can be counted as an online live broadcast business, an incubator for the coaching team, or the “Whampoa Military Academy”, because the cognition generated there can be amplified through the Internet.

There are now 9 Keepland stores in Beijing, which has hardly changed from the previous figures. We will not shrink it or expand it excessively.

Q: A piece of data was shared at the press conference, serving 1.56 million. Is this a user who spends money on consumer goods on Keep? How much space is there in this field?

Liu Dong: There are far more than 1.56 million users who buy consumer goods, and 1.56 million are just users who buy smart products. If the scale is 1 billion per year, the number of users per year is about several million.

Maybe three years ago, we only had a scale of 30-40 million, and after three years we will reach a scale of 1 billion+. We will definitely continue to maintain this growth rate. Moreover, from the current ceiling, there is still a lot of room. For example, we mainly focus on e-commerce channels. Now we only focus on JD.com, Tmall and our own malls. Other platforms have not yet done so. Second, there are also channels for sub-sales, as well as live broadcasts, communities, and even offline. This space is still very large.

On April 12, when the truck driver Zhao Moumou passed the over-limit inspection point in Xinzhuang, Qingcheng District, Qingyuan City, Guangdong Province, the first two weighings showed over-limit and faced fines and deductions. He mutilated himself by cutting his wrist and sought a third opportunity for weighing, but he did not meet the penalty standard in the end. On the evening of April 15th, Qingcheng District, Qingyuan City, Guangdong Province reprinted the manuscript of Qingyuan Daily through the official WeChat “Qingcheng Publishing”: After two pre- and post-tests by the South China National Metrology and Testing Center and the Guangdong Institute of Metrology, Xinzhuang exceeded the limit test Two weighbridges are qualified.

The truck driven by Zhao

The article pointed out: The Qingcheng District Party Committee and District Government of Qingyuan City have set up a special investigation team on the evening of April 13 to conduct investigations.

After preliminary investigation, at 17:00 on April 12, the driver Zhao Moumou drove a six-axle heavy-duty semi-trailer tractor (brand: Shandeka. Model: ZZ4256V324HE1B) through the over-limit inspection point in Xinzhuang, Qingcheng District, Qingyuan City for weight measurement , After two tests of No. 1 and No. 2 loadometers, the weight display is 50.24 tons. The vehicle has a nuclear load of 49 tons and an overload of 1.24 tons. According to relevant laws and regulations, 3 points shall be deducted and a fine of 500 yuan shall be imposed. At 17:13, after Zhao drove the vehicle into the unloading yard according to regulations, he signed and confirmed the fact of overloading.

More than an hour later, Zhao entered the illegal handling room and asked for a third weighing. The staff at the inspection point informed that the vehicle had been weighed twice, the weight display was consistent, and it had been signed and confirmed by himself, so he did not agree to his request. Afterwards, Zhao Moumou sat on the seat of the violation processing room by himself. During the period, the staff were busy with work and there was no communication between the two parties.

At 19:09, another car owner entered the illegal handling room to handle business. Zhao Moumou asked him to dial 120 for help. At this time, the on-site police found that Zhao had bleeding on the outside of his left forearm, so he called 110 for help. The staff at the inspection point immediately took out the first aid kit and bandaged the wound. At 19:23, 120 ambulances arrived at the scene and sent Zhao Moumou to the local hospital for treatment.

At 21:40, Zhao Moumou returned to the inspection point again. The inspection point staff coordinated on-site and used the No. 2 floor scale to carry out the third weighing. At this time, the weight was 49.96 tons, and the overload was 0.96 tons, which did not meet the penalty standard. The staff at the inspection point shall release the vehicles in accordance with relevant regulations. Subsequently, Zhao Moumou drove away by himself.

The person in charge of the investigation team stated that after two pre- and post-tests by the South China National Metrology and Testing Center and the Guangdong Institute of Metrology, the two loadometers at the Xinzhuang over-limit test point were all qualified. The investigation team apologized and sympathized for Zhao Moumou’s cutting his arm, and will further verify the situation. At the same time, testing points have been required to not only conduct business in accordance with laws and regulations, but also to further enhance service awareness and improve service levels, so as to provide more thoughtful and heart-warming services to the majority of truck drivers.

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