The ride hailing industry in Uganda majorly dominated by 3 companies on both the Boda hailing side and taxi version. Talk about Taxify and listen to the company that shook things up with barely 2 years on the local scene. In October 2017, Taxify stretched out to the taxi-hailing sector before opting a shake-up to the boda hailing industry in January 2018 giving some great competition to SafeBoda in its own league.
In case you thought Uber flying taxis are far from the future, by 2020 many of these will be trailing the skies around the world after a display of the flying prototypes today. The Bell nexus flying taxi is the first finished prototype that may hit skies early next year as exhibited at CES 2019 and shared by Cnet on twitter.
Uber has internationally become a household name in many countries with its ride hailing services topping the charts everywhere. In EastAfrica, you can't fail to mention Uber if you wish to travel by a modern taxi hailing service. However, the story is not the same in the Boda hailing sector which is so far dominated by Safeboda that recently crossed over to Nairobi. It's by this quest that Uber now takes on Taxify boda and Safeboda in competing for the top boda hailing spot
The issue of travelling on a budget in Kampala was a debate never addressed until Taxify boda and Uber boda teased a drop of tight competition to Safeboda provoking an ultimate price slash riders have enjoyed with a 50% off tagline. Even when, Safeboda had relatively high rates on short distances and comfortably low on long stretched trips, it's availability zone has always been limited to Kampala. But after the camp's very first driver closed off his last 50 trips, the effect has chattered new availability zones beyond Kampala
Following an abrupt roll out of its Orange branded motorbikes in Kampala, Pikime is the latest service to take on Uber boda, Taxify boda, Dial Jack and the 2 wheel leader Safeboda before a 2019 push to the taxi hailing portion. Breeded as a startup based in Nakulabye (one of the Kampala Suburbs), Pikime has its goals spread out higher in a competitive market
In a bid to shoot the trailing middle income status in Uganda, ride hailing services are the talk of the day with exclusive offers rounding up per month. But then, choosing the best option to juggle with requires you to have a favorable rates card per service. Additionally knowing what each company has to offer could be a hefty task for another day
