There’s a lockdown in three states in Nigeria and the mobility sector is already feeling it.
Uber has suspended operations and in Ibadan, Safeboda is scaling back marketing efforts
The city of Ibadan is where MAX, ORide and Safeboda are turning their attention to. While ORide launched in Ibadan in July 2019, SafeBoda and MAX.ng have now launched within one week of each other.
The bike hailing innovation is not unique to Lagos. The service originated from Southeast Asia, an emerging market that shares many characteristics with Lagos and Nigeria. In this region, bike hailing faces similar regulatory challenges. But things are more progressive.
Logistics & Transport
“It would be good if you knew in advance what people had said about buses before you got on,” Humphrey Wrey thought to himself. He was traveling by bus sometime in 2017 from Bangalore to Hyderabad, a nine-hour journey within India. Impressed that they had a system for customers to rate the service, he had […]
Business, Logistics & Transport
While sources in the mobility sector say Tuesday’s ban does not affect them, Lagos state officials insist that a ban on ORide, Gokada and all types of motorcycles will continue. On January 27, TechCabal reported the Lagos state government’s ban on Motorcycles and tricycles across 15 local government areas. Motorcycle bans are not new in […]
Most people think of GIG Mobility as simply a road transport company, but it has over the years been building out as a tech company playing in the transport space.