#41: SafeBoda - How the Ugandan motorbike hailing platform is delivering mobility services across Africa
Afrobility: Africa Tech & BusinessNovember 04, 2021
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#41: SafeBoda - How the Ugandan motorbike hailing platform is delivering mobility services across Africa

Overview: Today, we’re going to talk about SafeBoda - the Ugandan motorbike hailing platform. We’ll explore the SafeBoda story across 7 areas:

  1. Motorbike hailing platforms in other emerging markets (GoJek/GoTo)
  2. African mobility context
  3. SafeBoda's founding & early history
  4. Fundraising and growth
  5. Product & monetization strategy
  6. Competitive positioning & potential exit options
  7. Overall outlook

This episode was recorded on Oct 31, 2021.


Companies discussed: SafeBoda, GoJek (GoTo), Gokada, Pathao, Allianz X, CRE Ventures, Uber Boda, Bolt / Taxify Boda, Tugende, Chipper Cash, Musha ventures, Go ventures & Gozem


Business concepts discussed: Mobility Tech, Pan-Africa expansion, Transportation + FinTech Superapps

Conversation highlights:

  • (05:20) - Motorbike hailing platforms in other emerging markets (GoJek)
  • (05:30) - Africa transportation context
  • (07:40) - Uganda country & transportation context
  • (24:50) - Founder background - Rapa Thomson, Maxime Dieudonne, Alastair Sussock
  • (38:20) - SafeBoda's launch
  • (43:36) - Fundraising 
  • (52:50) - Geographic expansion
  • (1:15:00) - Product & monetization strategy
  • (1:25:00) - Competition and exit options
  • (1:37:00) - Olumide’s overall thoughts and outlook
  • (1:48:01) - Bankole’s overall thoughts and outlook
  • (1:51:10) - Recommendations and small wins


Olumide’s recommendations & small wins:


Bankole’s recommendations & small wins:


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