State takes on Uber, Bolt with own JKIA taxi-hailing app

Travelers push their belongings at JKIA awaiting clearance on September 11, 2024.

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Kenya’s airports manager is set to deploy a State-backed taxi-hailing app for Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA), eyeing a share of the local passenger traffic dominated by Uber and Bolt.

The Kenya Airports Authority (KAA) has advertised tenders from technology firms to design, develop and manage a mobile- and web-based taxi dispatch platform for licensed airport taxis under a public-private partnership (PPP) model.

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