Category: Mobility Companies

How Careem’s growth is driving affordability and choice… and we…

Careem’s growth and the idea of what we provide can differ depending on who you are and where you live. For some people in a place like Dubai, Careem might be the Lexus you book to take you to the airport. In Egypt, it’s the motorbike you get when you need to beat the traffic and get across Cairo in a hurry. In Pakistan it’s the tuk tuk you use to get to work every day. We are, of course, all those things and more, but why we are all those things is the important part.

Our focus is on making our service affordable for the masses and helping to solve the transport issues that we’ve seen across all our markets. To do this we have been diversifying our vehicle types across all markets because the tech infrastructure we have built can support multiple vehicle types.

It started with cars. For example, when we first launched in Cairo, we did so with just ten cars which, in hindsight, is ridiculously few for a city that large. Someone would open the app and it said you’ll get a car in 90 mi..

Careem is now six years old… and we’ve come a long way

This month marks the sixth anniversary of the founding of Careem, from a service created in Dubai largely for corporate clients to a multi-vehicle platform operating in over 100 cities in 14 countries the growth has been signicant. We launched with a mission to simplify and improve the lives of people, and to build an awesome organisation that inspires – and six years into that mission it’s worth looking at how much we’ve accomplished.

And here are some of the stats from our first six years…

And we’re not finished yet. In fact, our mission to simplify and improve lives and create an awesome organisation that inspires is one that had no end point. We go on, and we’re delighted to have you with us.

Repositioning: 
Hubject gives a new face to emobility

Berlin, 23 July 2018 – The global emobility specialist Hubject has redesigned its Hubject and intercharge brands as part of its internationalisation process. The new positioning shifts the focus to the company’s holistic approach and in-house expertise and is presented through new brand claims and a completely overhauled corporate design. Hubject works on the collaborative… Continue reading Repositioning: 
Hubject gives a new face to emobility

Careem and Abaad partner to support El Dar Programme

As an organisation whose mission is to simplify and improve the lives of people, Careem decided 2018 was going to be the year we paid extra close attention to what we were doing for women in our region.

This is why on international women’s day this year, we pledged to bring onboard 20,000 female Captains by 2020. We also launched our internal women@Careem network – a internal program created for and by our female colleagues to network and engage with each other, but most importantly, to raise awareness of and promote an inclusive culture for men and women to learn from each other.

Staying true to this, last Christmas, we ran a “HOHOHO” promocode campaign which enabled users to collect five percent of their rides using the HOHOHO promocode. After one month, the top users with the most donations, were allowed to pick the NGO all proceeds would be donated to. The winning NGO was ABAAD – a non-profit organisation founded in June 2011 which fought for violence against women.

The campaign..

Careem Engineer & Data Scientist Stories

Peter Minev, Managing Director Berlin

Careem is a unique place where people are bound by a strong sense of an inspiring mission, and a compelling vision. It’s a fast growing environment where super talented engineers get an opportunity to challenge themselves and learn more.
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Olga Syrova, Member of Technical Staff, Berlin

I am a back end engineer, and I chose to be with Careem because I support their mission. Careem is a place where engineers are inspired. We spend our time reflecting on technologies and existing solutions, exchanging points of view, and elaborating the pros and cons in order to get the best of the architecture and processes we use. That’s a typical day at Careem. Your experience and your vision are highly valued here. With people coming from more than 50 different countries, Careem managed to create a very powerful platform where we can create effective and scalable solutions, and change people’s lives for the better.
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Navneet Gupta, Engineering Manager, Dub..

Careem creates between 60,000 and 70,000 jobs per month… have you…

This is the NSC Olimpiyskiy Stadium in Kyiv. Last May it hosted the Champions League final between Real Madrid and Liverpool. Now imagine this stadium full of people… that is how many people are starting to work for Careem each month.

Here at Careem we are creating between 60,000 and 70,000 jobs per month, so despite being seen largely as a ride-hailing company, the biggest impact Careem has is not moving people, but rather, giving people jobs.

Having launched in Dubai in 2012, Careem has rapidly expanded to have a presence in 14 countries and 100 cities across the wider MENA region in just under six years. In that time, we have created over 850,000 job opportunities for Captains, and our presence is having a positive socio-economic impact in the markets in which we operate.

With more than 24 million customers we can generate steady incomes for the Captains who work with Careem. There were a lot of people in Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and Egypt who were not employed, or were under-emplo..

HUBJECT OFFICIALLY KICKS OFF U.S. OPERATIONS

The Most Widely Adopted Electric Vehicle Interoperability Platform Opens Santa Monica Headquarters and Expands Its Executive Team LOS ANGELES, CALIF. – June 14, 2018 – Hubject, the globally-recognized leader in electric vehicle (EV) interoperability, officially launched its U.S. operations from the company’s new U.S. headquarters in Santa Monica, Calif. Founded in 2012 to enable seamless… Continue reading HUBJECT OFFICIALLY KICKS OFF U.S. OPERATIONS

Lyft’s New App Creates Positive Change for Passengers and Cities

We believe cities should be built around people, not cars, and we’re constantly working to make our vision a reality. Today, we’re announcing a new version of the Lyft app that improves shared rides, integrates directly with cities and transit agencies, and simplifies our passengers’ overall experience. Combining product design with local-government-led city planning is… Continue reading Lyft’s New App Creates Positive Change for Passengers and Cities

Grab Launches Grab Ventures To Boost Southeast Asia’s Tech Ecosystem

Singapore, 5 June 2018 – Grab Inc., Southeast Asia’s leading online-to-offline (O2O) mobile platform, today announced the launch of Grab Ventures, the company’s innovation arm aimed at discovering and growing Southeast Asia’s next generation of technology leaders, to promote innovation and digitisation in the region. Grab Ventures will work with private sector firms and government… Continue reading Grab Launches Grab Ventures To Boost Southeast Asia’s Tech Ecosystem

Zipcar and the City of New York Announce Two Major Initiatives to Reduce Personal Car Ownership and Increase Access to Car Sharing

Through separate partnerships with the DOT and NYCHA, Zipcar will add 127 new locations throughout the city and for the first time introduce Zipcar at housing authority properties NEW YORK CITY, May 31, 2018 – Zipcar, the world’s leading car-sharing network, and the City of New York, today announced two major initiatives that will soon… Continue reading Zipcar and the City of New York Announce Two Major Initiatives to Reduce Personal Car Ownership and Increase Access to Car Sharing