NAIROBI, Kenya, Feb 6 – Ugandan motorbike taxi and delivery platform SafeBoda is set to launch taxi services in the country as it looks to re-enter Kenya within one day.
The company made the announcement on its official X account while not giving the exact date or month.
”Nairobi, are you ready for SafeBoda with SafeCar? Yes, you heard us right. We are bringing SafeCar to Nairobi soon,” read a post by SafeBoda.
Last month, the start-up also announced on its social media channel that it will be re-entering the country after exiting at the height of the Covid-19 pandemic, citing harsh economic challenges that impacted the boda boda sector, e-commerce, and food delivery businesses.
It then said that it would be focusing its operations on the Ugandan and Nigerian markets.
When it exited, it had enlisted over 4,000 riders in Kenya.
“This decision is a hard one for SafeBoda to make. We know that this will negatively impact our community of drivers. Our community is at the core of what we do as SafeBoda,” it said in 2020.
