Do you have tips for entrepreneurs, or insights to MENA industries? Submit your article with a photo and we’ll get in touch with you. The Bharat Express News is your daily dose of Latest News, Entertainment, Music, Fashion, Lifestyle, World, Cricket, Sports, Politics, Tech, Business News Website. We provide you with the Latest Breaking News Straight from the India & all around the World on different categories. “Our goal is to make sure that we provide service for every type of commuter in the country,” Patel said. This was confirmed by SWVL Kenya Managing Director Dip Patel, who said the company has launched strategic plans to serve commuters while complying with Covid-19 regulations provided by the Ministry of Health.

• Early in December 2018, a new Cairo-based bus-booking app start-up, Buseet, raised seed investment from Saudi Arabia’s Vision Ventures.
• You will need a free account with each service to share an item via that service.
• The SWVL application works to connect local passengers with a small network of vehicles and allows them to book seats at a constant rate even during peak travel times.
• According to MENAbytes, however, the move is the first of more to come in the Middle East, despite the complications caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.
• The buses are equipped with high speed internet making it comfortable for long distance travelers to browse and comfortably work online.

Despite that, SWVL is quite the surprise, and there are definitely some things that I had to relearn. There are some long held principles that I had to think through again. But overall the team have been very helpful in helping through the learning process. SWVL will ensure commuters have a chance to book and pay for their upcountry travel instead of having to do it physically. “When everyone was firing people, we were actually hiring more people,” Mr Kandil said. Its last-mile B-to-B delivery service Careem Express nearly doubled Swvl last year, he added.

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SWVL believes in solving local problems with local solutions, so understanding the local market and delivering custom messages will be important. As the ideal candidate you will demonstrate a talent for managing operations, strong leadership ability, and an entrepreneurial drive. You enjoy challenges, are flexible, can work long / irregular hours , and you can deal with ambiguity / ever-changing demands on your time & productive capacity.

We all know what happens to startups that resolve problems for the public and sees a product market fit — they get funded, fast. Founded in April 2017 in Cairo, Swvl went from raising funds in Series A and shortly after Series B, within 2018. That’s rare to see for any startup, no matter the industry, as the norm is to have 18 to 24 months between funding rounds. Swvl’s services got recognition and gained ground within the market quickly too. It has had over a million users that have been making hundreds of thousands of bookings each month, with its service being available on 200 fixed routes in Cairo and Alexandria.

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According to tech publication Menabytes, Nouh was leaving to pursue “new personal goals”. When Careem made its first investment in the startup in 2017, it noted that the team run, learn and develop at a very high pace and high agility. This is perhaps what has kept Swvl ahead of other startups started in the same year. In early 2019, Swvl announced plans to pour over $14 million in Kenya.