Better transportation was what they wanted for Nigeria and so Afrocab was born in 2012, they are a group of savvy entrepreneurs and investors.
The company, in collaboration with its technical partner which had grown its base by deploying a multi award winning free smartphone application that connects passengers directly with taxi drivers allowing customers to book with certainty every time, decided that there was an opportunity.
Though this venture jobs hav been created as well as made transport less hectic as they have managed to place pricing for the service in the hands of the customer, while improving productivity for drivers – taxi drivers, car hire companies and private drivers.
AfroCab is being embraced by thousands of drivers and passengers in Lagos and Abuja, which represent the first two cities where this has been launched. The app will be available in all major cities before the end of Q1 2014.
Passengers and drivers are eagerly downloading the convenient booking service and the AfroCab app has now become one of the fastest growing apps in the country. Our aim is to be the clear market leader in the taxi sector and we are well on our way. AfroCab’s competition including Rocket Internet’s EasyTaxi, Tranzit among others and Uber which is set to launch in the country.
