International ride-hailing service Yango launched new safety features and initiatives for riders and drivers demonstrating commitment to elevating safety and comfort of its rides and advocating road safety consciousness of e-mobility users across Africa. Across all markets, the company has added new cutting-edge speeding and driving style monitoring technologies which are activated during all the […]
Read MoreRelatives of slain Bolt driver partner Euston Mnguni are urging the e-hailing company to beef up driver security on its app, noting the in-app SOS service is “useless” when it comes to saving lives during a crime incident. In early March, 28-year-old Mnguni was shot four times after being hijacked by criminals masquerading as riders, […]
Read MoreRidesharing mobile app that enables users to request taxi and bus rides tagged, Nairaxi has emerged over all winner at the young innovators’ competition organized by the Nigerian Communications Commission, which held at the Digital Bridge Institute, Oshodi, Lagos recently. The company, which took the coveted prize with value of N2 Million, made up of […]
Read MoreEuropean multinational e-hailing firm Bolt is on a hiring spree, with plans to increase its team of employees across Africa, as part of its global expansion. Despite the current wave of retrenchments in the global tech sector, the e-hailing firm says it is investing €500 million (almost R1 billion) in Africa over the next two […]
Read MoreBus-hailing app Plentywaka has launched WakaCab, a new car-hailing service with fully-trained drivers for commuters, in Delta State, starting with Asaba. Plentywaka launched its services in the second half of last year, and since then has built a platform of over 40,000 customers that has seen substantial growth since the beginning of 2020. It also […]
Read MoreUber has gone into partnership with Moove, sub-Saharan Africa’s flexible car ownership company, to provide potential and current Uber drivers in sub-Saharan Africa with long-term access to vehicles. The collaboration aims to lower existing barriers to car ownership on the continent and empower drivers to be their own boss within a shorter time frame. Moove’s […]
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