“We connect people traveling in the same direction. Drivers offer the empty seats in their car to other travelers going the same way,” a statement on the website of a new carpooling service in Nairobi invites users.
Chief executive of the ride-sharing platform, says the idea of launching the startup crossed his mind when he was driving from Nairobi to Kapseret, Uasin Gishu County in the summer of 2017.
