Safe Motos

SafeMotos is a ride hailing and on demand services platform designed specifically for urban Africa’s affluent, middle and bottom of the pyramid classes. Recognized as one of Africa’s most innovative startups, SafeMotos consolidates multiple on demand services together in one smartphone application with services linked together by a common physical logistics network of motorcycle and car drivers. Launched in Rwanda in 2015 by roommates Barrett Nash and Peter Kariuki after participating in an international startup accelerator, SafeMotos was conceived as an Uber for African motorcycle taxis that uses telematic data to measure real time driver safety. With four years experience and more than 400,000 trips ordered in SafeMotos initial market Kigali, SafeMotos is now launching as a first mover in on demand and ride hailing services in Kinshasa, Africa’s third largest city. SafeMotos is a champion of African startup ecosystem with its work recognized by the Guardian, the Economist, Apple, National Geographic, BBC, CNN, Le Monde and others.