Uber is now set to venture into its the second market in Kenya at the Coastal City of Mombasa. The company has advertised the position of an operations coordinator Mombasa, giving an indication of this planned move. Uber’s entry into the coastal town is definitely likely to be interesting owing to a large number of tourists likely to be users of the service. In addition, the service’s main local competition Easy Taxi launched operationsthere late last year. Easy taxi users can find an Easy Taxi in Nyali and at the Moi International Airport as at point of launch
I used Easy Taxi in kizingo the other day going to town…Uber tunawangoja
I pity the traditional taxi operations in Msa now. The little biz they had left after the tuktuk invasion is now gone…
I await to see how they will navigate the tuktuk menace. Or is this entry the reason why the county gava is trying to control tuktuk routes,especially around the town? @Meria Mata
Uber should bring on board Tuk Tuk in Mombasa to cater for the unique situation…
one can never expect to stop rivers from flowing into oceans…
Tuk tuk are much cheaper than any uber price they put
Tuk tuks usually serve town over short distances. Taxis mainly serve hotels esp to n fro airport and thats where uber is targeting. So tuk tuka and taxis are in no major conflict
so you mean we wont have chokosh wars on our tuff
no they shou’, n…
Grace umeongea hapo
Apparently you have not witnessed the rush for fares when busses full of imports arrive in the morning at Mombasa…
Chokosh wars have always been there chini ya maji. They might just float now…
The number of tuktuks exceeds the number of taxis in Mombasa so its a vast untapped market…even thought they go for short distances they are always moving up and down the whole day as opposed to taxis who are parked for a better part of day awaiting customers…
Karibu Uber.