Yango Africa, a global know-how firm, has introduced plans to develop its operations to extra African nations as a part of its international development technique.
At the moment working in 30 nations worldwide, the ride-hailing big is current in 13 African markets together with Ghana, Côte d’Ivoire and South Africa.
The Public Relations Supervisor of Yango Africa, Mr Bennet Otoo, disclosed this throughout an interplay with some chosen journalists on Monday mentioned Ghana performed a particular function within the firm’s African story.
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“Yango’s Africa journey started in Côte d’Ivoire in 2018, and Ghana grew to become the second African market a 12 months later. Since then, we now have been pleased with our contribution to mobility and digital innovation on this nation,” he mentioned.
Mr Otoo defined that Yango had been lively in Ghana since 2019 and operates in Accra.
He disclosed {that a} pilot had been carried out in Kumasi as a part of efforts to develop to different Ghanaian cities.
“As a part of our growth technique, we’ll quickly be saying one thing essential in Ghana. The concept is to make secure, inexpensive and dependable mobility accessible to extra folks and on the similar time create extra income-generating alternatives for our companions,” he added.
Addressing misconceptions in regards to the firm, Mr Otoo clarified that Yango was neither a Russian nor a Chinese language firm.
“Our international headquarters is in Dubai. We’re a global know-how firm providing greater than 10 completely different companies past ride-hailing, together with supply, e-commerce, music and video streaming, and cloud companies,” he mentioned.
He defined that Yango operated as a digital platform connecting passengers with impartial transport firms and drivers, moderately than proudly owning vehicles or straight using drivers.
“This mannequin creates enterprise alternatives for native entrepreneurs and Small and Medium-Scale Enterprises who can spend money on fleets, make use of drivers, and change into our companions. It stimulates job creation and helps develop native companies whereas permitting us to concentrate on know-how, security and innovation,” Mr Otoo mentioned.
On security, he confused that it was an “absolute precedence” for the corporate and outlined measures comparable to verified drivers and autos, trip-sharing choices, real-time incident administration, and alerts for high-risk areas.
“We additionally organise common security consciousness programmes, driver well being checks, and highway security campaigns. For passengers, we offer schooling on utilizing security options out there within the app,” he mentioned.
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Mr Otoo additional highlighted Yango’s social influence programmes in Ghana, which the corporate describes as “influence actions” moderately than company social duty.
“These embody hackathons, free IT coaching, and academic help for drivers’ youngsters. In different markets, we now have launched the Yango Fellowship, which supplies scholarships and sources for college students. We’re wanting ahead to rolling out related initiatives right here,” he mentioned.
