Every day, bike riders make at least 1,000 food deliveries in Nairobi. All of these are online orders from apps such as UberEats, a delivery arm of ride-hailing giant Uber, Jumia Foods, Yum and Deliveroo.
Online food delivery apps have won over a number of restaurants, including virtual hotels as well as busy Kenyans who want to get their food at the click of a button. One Yum customer has singly ordered food via the online delivery service about 300 times since he downloaded the app. And since UberEats launched in Kenya five months ago, it has tripled the areas in Nairobi it delivers to.
