Taxify’s CEO believes his company can grow another 100 times as it competes with rival Uber in Europe and Africa. In an interview with CNBC at the Web Summit tech conference in Lisbon, Portugal, Taxify CEO Markus Villig revealed that he sees major potential for...
Short ride, long-term appeal? Taxify, the ride-hailing company, is branching out into eScooters in Paris (with plans for more European market rollouts), a change to its existing business model — one borne of necessity, it seems. Doing so allows the company to tailor its options...
Bird and Lime, the bike and scooter-sharing companies, have provided 20 million rides combined since their launches, underscoring the adoption of these services. According to news from The Financial Times, Lime said customers have taken 11.5 million bike and electric scooter rides in the 14 months it...
Taxify, the African ride-hailing app company, is ahead of Uber Technologies, moving from an Estonian startup to a tech unicorn within five years, reported The Wall Street Journal (WSJ). According to a report in the paper citing Taxify, the company has 2.4 million active users in...
September 21, 2018
Short ride, long-term appeal? Taxify, the ride-hailing company, is branching out into eScooters in Paris (with plans for more European market rollouts), a change to its existing business model — one borne of necessity, it seems. Doing so allows the company to tailor its options on a market-by-market, city-by-city basis, says CEO Markus Villig to PYMNTS. The new scooter-sharing option, he says, illustrates the flexibility of the ride-hailing model across modes of transport and varying regional regulations.
December 03, 2019
The CEO of Bolt, an Estonian-based ride-hailing company, said his company is beginning to see profitability in most of the markets in which it operates, according to a report by CNBC. Markus Villig told the news organization that the company is close to breaking even in about 66 percent of markets. He said that achieving […]
November 12, 2018
Taxify’s CEO believes his company can grow another 100 times as it competes with rival Uber in Europe and Africa. In an interview with CNBC at the Web Summit tech...
September 20, 2018
Bird and Lime, the bike and scooter-sharing companies, have provided 20 million rides combined since their launches, underscoring the adoption of these services. According to news from The Financial Times, Lime...
September 17, 2018
Taxify, the African ride-hailing app company, is ahead of Uber Technologies, moving from an Estonian startup to a tech unicorn within five years, reported The Wall Street Journal (WSJ). According to...
