Public transport set for boost as company launches bus-booking app

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The transport sector is set to experience yet a new face of convenience as Voltic Africa company has come up with a bus-booking app.

According to Voltic Africa CEO Fowzi Ahmed the app will be launching in the next 18 months.

The app is created to suit town commuter needs will help to reduce Matatu congestion in the Nairobi CBD.

“Town service is very interesting, and the industry is very complicated, however, we intend to create convenience for our customers not only for the long-distance travelers but also for our town commuters,” said Fowzi.

This comes a month after the organization launched a bus booking App I-abiri where travellers can book up to 10,000 bus routes across East Africa.

The app that currently has 30 bus companies signed up comes in handy for matatu and bus owners.

It allows owners to track and monitor what the employee does when in office and on the road.


CEO Fowzi Ahmed

It further gives the owner the privilege to know the profit it is making per route or the manager’s ability to manage the bus which he says it will also be adapted in the new town application they are yet to introduce.

“Sometimes there is no point of the vehicle moving around when the utilization of the vehicle is not well understood and whether it is making money or not. Once we fully introduce a product for town service the congestion in town will be easily manageable where you can monitor how much money the matatu has made according to the trips and afterward decide if it should or not be on the road,” said Fowzi.

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