Ride Hailing

The Boda hailing industry is one of the fast-rising startup breeding grounds in Uganda that was ushered into play by SafeBoda that now shares the juicy grounds with Uber Boda, Bolt and Dial Jack in Uganda. Before fully stretching to Nigeria, SafeBoda now has a serious competitor in the side mirror dubbed as yellowBid that has already rolled out drivers in the city center.

SafeBoda is a boda hailing firm that has made itself a name as the only startup to beat Uber in its strong hold zones. In fact, if SafeBoda had a taxi hailing wing, it would beat the duo counterpart with a slight margin in the trip rates. As a matter of fact, SafeBoda has now expanded its wings a notch higher to the Western part of Africa before finishing its East African domination which is now pending with Rwanda and Tanzania uncovered

Uber riders are now able to tip drivers at the end of a trip - thanks to a new tipping feature the company launched today. The tipping feature allows riders to do more than just rate drivers but show their appreciation through tips for excellent service. Uber plus major Boda hailing apps usually calculate a low fare for drivers and with this new feature a rider can add another smile to the driver with extra cash to his account.

All 3 taxi hailing services, Uber, Bolt, and Little cab have different price estimations depending on the distance covered encompassed to the current traffic situations. In Africa, all 3 services hike prices during on peak hours and times when riders are beyond the maximum rate. So, the cost per trip is usually not static but instead calculated basing on these native figures per hailing service.

In Uganda, talk about modern transport and listen to the rhythm of both the Taxi hailing sector and a Boda hailing wing dominated by Uber and SafeBoda respectively. Well the latter has a unique cashless travel feature chronated as SafeBoda credit and its something we’re excited to explore as a great cash alternative

Bolt is a ride-hailing service founded by Markus Villig in Estonia, the service was the first of its kind to pack a duo hailing approach to a mobile app where riders can either choose a 2wheel service or feel comfortable in 4 wheels. However, the former Taxify branded service has had several ups and downs about its services mostly in Uganda.