The problem
Although low- and middle-income countries have only half the world’s vehicles, they have 90 per cent of the world’s road traffic deaths. Africa has the highest rates of traffic fatalities, making its roads the most unsafe in the world.
The company
SafeMotos is a safety-focused ride-hailing service for motorcycle taxis in Africa. The mobile-based platform improves road safety and enables more transparent interactions between motorcycle taxi drivers and customers. Drivers can differentiate themselves from the competition and get more trips as customers know they are monitored via smartphone sensors for their driving habits. In return, customers have access to safer transportation options.
Project description
SafeMotos received a grant from the GSMA Ecosystem Accelerator Innovation Fund in April 2017 to develop its existing product to provide drivers with more digital services, improve the customer experience with ordering and paying for the service, and increase the number of trips per month
Impact
As of October 2018, SafeMotos has built a network of over 150 active drivers in Rwanda and completed over 350,000 trips since it launched in 2015.
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