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Careem Kids car type is the safest way to travel in Dubai and Abu…

Careem Kids car type in the safest way to travel with children in Dubai and Abu Dhabi.

Safety is one of the most important topics to a parent when it comes to their children. Whether it’s the child’s day-to-day safety at home, at school, at a park or most importantly their safety on the roads.

It is also important to the government of the UAE to ensure the safety of their residents. Earlier in 2017, a new law was set to motion: children under the age of 10 (and below 145 centimetres) are prohibited to sit in the front seat, and it is mandatory to have a child seat for children up to the age of four years old.

That’s why we have created a car type specifically to keep your child and your family safe.

Our Careem Kids cars come equipped with a top of the range, ISO-fixed, Cybex Sirona car seat provided by Mamas & Papas. The seats can be adjusted for newborns and are safe for kids up to four years of age, they are recognised to be 80 percent safer than any other brand or model. The se..

Careem provides 24/7 roadside assistance

We are extending our services to car owners, hence, we launched a 24/7 on-demand, on-site roadside assistance service for our customers. Currently, the service is available in Dubai and in collaboration with a third-party service provider who is an established roadside assistance company with a team of highly trained technicians.

Within this great service, we are excited to offer the following:

Battery Replacement (non-electric vehicles) on-site battery replacement in the case of an unrepairable dead battery
Emergency fuel service when a vehicle has run out of fuel
Flat tire repair using the customer’s spare tire
Battery Boosting for customers who just need a jump to get on their way

Service Fees
The service request will be free for all users via the Careem app, with fees paid directly to the service provider as follows:

Service
Customer Price

Battery Replacement
Free Service + battery cost (varies)

Emergency Fuel
100 AED service fee + fuel cost**

Flat Tire Repair (spare)
125 AE..

Calling UAE Nationals to register as Careem Captains

Careem Captains are the soul of Careem and as we are from the region and for the region and are always looking for ways to create new opportunities in the market. In collaboration with TransAD, we were delighted to recently launch a new program welcoming Emiratis and Children of Emirati women as Captains to our fleet in Abu Dhabi.

This means UAE Nationals can now register as Captains on our platform and drive their private vehicles as part of our new initiative to create opportunities for the local workforce.

We invite all interested UAE Nationals who have held a driving license for five years or more, to apply and become Careem Captains at drive.careem.com.

Here’s what happens after applying:

All interested candidates go through screening and background checks including character references and driving history.
Candidates will need to present a proof of ID, residency or citizenship, and a valid driving license.
Selected Careem Captains will be invited to undergo training sessions ..

Last mile delivery sorted with Careem Box

We understand the hassles of attending to your customers online shopping and delivery requests. With Careem Box for Business you will not have to look for solutions any further!

Businesses looking to have smart delivery solutions can now use Careem Box for on demand delivery service without the need to pre-schedule their rides. You can book instantly and our captains will be there within minutes to pick up your orders.

You will also be able to track your items while being delivered in real time and the same goes to your customers.

Through our set of APIs we can integrate into any existing infrastructure, from e-commerce platforms to your POS system which means our technology and fleet will be part of your business to fulfil your delivery needs.

Can it get any better?

The answer is yes it can, you will be able to use our web dashboards for business to schedule, manage, and track pending, ongoing and completed shipments delivered throughout Several location in Dubai within our own m..

Careem co-founder Mudassir Sheikha makes the Bloomberg 50 list

Careem CEO and co-founder Mudassir Sheikha has been included in the Bloomberg 50 – the annual list of people who are changing the global business landscape.

The annual list of people in business, entertainment, finance, politics, technology and science whose 2018 accomplishments were particularly noteworthy was unveiled today in New York, and the list is seen as an annual barometer of people in key industries who are shaping modern culture and business.

Others who made the list include Daniel Elk the CEO and co-founder, Spotify, Black Panther director Ryan Coogler, $8 billion hedge funder Michael Gelband, the Time’s Up legal defence team, Microsoft’s CFO Amy Hood, Nadiem Makarim the CEO of Go-Jek Indonesia, John Krafcik CEO of autonomous car company Waymo and pop star Taylor Swift.

You can view the entry here.

Careem hosts Captain’s Excellence Award Ceremony in Riyadh

Our Captains are the lifeblood of our business and we wanted to celebrate these men and women for helping us achieve our mission of simplifying and improving the lives of people in the Kingdom. So we held our first Captain’s Excellence Award Ceremony in Riyadh.

Over 300 Captains joined us as the event recognised their service and commitment in driving impact through meaningful initiative across the kingdom. Some of these initiatives included the vaccination campaign in collaboration with the MOH, which helped more than 100,000 men, women and children across 17 cities get vaccinated in their own homes. Careem also collaborated with BUPA Arabia during Ramadan of 2018 to donate clothes from customers to people in need in KSA, where over 180,000 donations were collected.

Awards were handed out based on criteria such as: captains with the highest number of trips, highest (customer given) ratings and longest serving Captains. Rewards were also handed out to captain ambassadors, i.e. those ..

Careem Bus has launched in Egypt – and it will help fix one of…

Careem Bus has just launched in Egypt, and not only will it help with mobility in Cairo, it could also change the city for the better.

A report from the World Bank estimates the annual costs of the congestion in Cairo to be up to $8 billion and clearly the situation there is one that needs to be addressed. But crucially, the World Bank report added, “Congestion does not have to be a fact of life. Cairo could be a more livable city, with adequate public transportation for the many that rely on it, and safer streets for all.”

We agree, so Careem undertook a study and discovered that 40 percent of the Egyptian population is not being served by a proper transportation service that suits their needs. And in Cairo there just isn’t a high-quality, reliable bus service available on the city’s main routes that can help solve the congestion problem – so we’ve launched Careem Bus.

Careem Bus represents the middle ground between the existing public transport and ride hailing cars. We believe th..

Careem has signed an MOU with The Oman Technology Fund to inspire…

And as the leading internet platform in the region we are excited to be able to support a likeminded partner in OTF and the Government of Oman to share in a vision together and help enable Oman to utilise our technology and platform to work across several sectors in the country.

This partnership will give us opportunity to demonstrate how the Careem platform can support governments in their forward-thinking ambitions and help enable Oman to become one of the leading smart cities in the region.

Be it through the introduction of drone technology or cost-effective and environmentally-friendly autonomous vehicles, this represents a significant step into the future and sets an exciting forward-thinking precedent for a new form of public-private-partnership for the region.

The MOU also includes the possibility of the OTF entering joint ventures or other strategic partnerships with us, including making an investment in Careem on behalf of Oman’s sovereign wealth funds. We are excited to be..

Careem and TransAD launch programme to provide new income…

In collaboration with TransAD, Careem has introduced a new programme to provide flexible and safe income earning opportunities to Emiratis and children of Emirati women living in Abu Dhabi.

UAE Nationals and children of Emirati women can now opt to register on the Careem platform and drive private vehicles as part of a new initiative to open up jobs to the local workforce. Customers will be able to book rides originating in anywhere in Abu Dhabi and the service will be priced in line with taxis in the Capital. This follows on from Careem’s new pricing structure for the Capital that was announced in May.

Careem has begun an outreach programme targeting UAE nationals and children of Emirati women to promote the new initiative and to invite eligible Emirati Captains to register on their portal – drive.careem.com. Training sessions will be conducted in Abu Dhabi to upskill Captains on how to use Careem technology; best driving practices; vehicle and road safety and customer service. Care..