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Rank: Elder Joined: 12/11/2008 Posts: 2,306
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Then there is something called Airbnb. Its only a matter of time before it changes the hotel industry. There are already howls of pain in the west, and they will reach .ke at some point Great men are not always wise, neither do the aged understand judgement...
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Rank: Elder Joined: 7/26/2007 Posts: 6,514
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I've used airbnb. Amazing choices, good pricing, good locations. Especially when youre travelling with family coz its cheaper than getting 2 or 3 hotel rooms. Business opportunities are like buses,there's always another one coming
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Rank: Veteran Joined: 6/23/2011 Posts: 1,740 Location: Nairobi
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This should be a good way of managing capacity. Instead of Motor bikes or taxis crowing in one location waiting for passengers who may not appear for a whole day and with no hope of any other business.
Way to go
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Rank: Member Joined: 2/9/2012 Posts: 576
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www.nation.co.ke/news/Ta.../-/15ckbm3z/-/index.htmlSiku ya nyani kufa miti yote huteleza Africa belongs to Africans.
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Rank: Chief Joined: 5/9/2007 Posts: 13,095
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I know a few companies that have already adopted Uber as their official Taxi service and have 'forced' their employees to only use Uber for Nairobi travel. Pilots have shown 40-50% savings in such companies' travel budget. When corporates jump on to the bus enmasse, am sure the traditional taxi will die a slow and painful death. The idea is unstoppable.
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Rank: Chief Joined: 5/9/2007 Posts: 13,095
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Rank: Member Joined: 1/22/2015 Posts: 682
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washiku wrote:I know a few companies that have already adopted Uber as their official Taxi service and have 'forced' their employees to only use Uber for Nairobi travel. Pilots have shown 40-50% savings in such companies' travel budget. When corporates jump on to the bus enmasse, am sure the traditional taxi will die a slow and painful death. The idea is unstoppable. At our workplace we went from using 70k per month on Delight Cabs to 20k per month on Uber.
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Rank: Elder Joined: 12/11/2008 Posts: 2,306
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Mike Ock wrote:washiku wrote:I know a few companies that have already adopted Uber as their official Taxi service and have 'forced' their employees to only use Uber for Nairobi travel. Pilots have shown 40-50% savings in such companies' travel budget. When corporates jump on to the bus enmasse, am sure the traditional taxi will die a slow and painful death. The idea is unstoppable. At our workplace we went from using 70k per month on Delight Cabs to 20k per month on Uber. Also use Uber in our company. These taxi guys either style up or just die Great men are not always wise, neither do the aged understand judgement...
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Rank: Chief Joined: 5/9/2007 Posts: 13,095
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Mike Ock wrote:washiku wrote:I know a few companies that have already adopted Uber as their official Taxi service and have 'forced' their employees to only use Uber for Nairobi travel. Pilots have shown 40-50% savings in such companies' travel budget. When corporates jump on to the bus enmasse, am sure the traditional taxi will die a slow and painful death. The idea is unstoppable. At our workplace we went from using 70k per month on Delight Cabs to 20k per month on Uber. That's a 70+ reduction in cost. Very good for business. How I wish there could be a "Uber" to compete with Kenya Power 
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Rank: Elder Joined: 9/19/2015 Posts: 2,871 Location: hapo
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washiku wrote:Mike Ock wrote:washiku wrote:I know a few companies that have already adopted Uber as their official Taxi service and have 'forced' their employees to only use Uber for Nairobi travel. Pilots have shown 40-50% savings in such companies' travel budget. When corporates jump on to the bus enmasse, am sure the traditional taxi will die a slow and painful death. The idea is unstoppable. At our workplace we went from using 70k per month on Delight Cabs to 20k per month on Uber. That's a 70+ reduction in cost. Very good for business. How I wish there could be a "Uber" to compete with Kenya Power There is and its called solar. As for the Uber war, I don't think I'm wrong in thinking that this is being fuelled by the corporate taxis that are losing business. We all know they are the mafia. Every individual should just take their cars from these fellows. They pay you 30k, destroy your car and then charge the corporate 80k. That brand of business is dead. However many ubers and easy taxis they destroy, it will only take one cab guy being arrested. Just like those mini skirt makangas. Thieves are not good people. Tumeelewana?
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Rank: User Joined: 8/15/2013 Posts: 13,237 Location: Vacuum
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Robinhood wrote:Mike Ock wrote:washiku wrote:I know a few companies that have already adopted Uber as their official Taxi service and have 'forced' their employees to only use Uber for Nairobi travel. Pilots have shown 40-50% savings in such companies' travel budget. When corporates jump on to the bus enmasse, am sure the traditional taxi will die a slow and painful death. The idea is unstoppable. At our workplace we went from using 70k per month on Delight Cabs to 20k per month on Uber. Also use Uber in our company. These taxi guys either style up or just die Me too went from using 12K every month on taxis to just 4500 per month on citi hoppa If Obiero did it, Who Am I?
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Rank: Elder Joined: 3/18/2011 Posts: 12,069 Location: Kianjokoma
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Quote:Let us not be naive: Wall Street and Silicon Valley won’t subsidise transport for ever. While the prospect of using advertising to underwrite the costs of an Uber trip is still very remote, the only way for these firms to recoup their investments is by squeezing even more cash or productivity out of Uber drivers or by eventually – once all their competitors are out – raising the costs of the trip. Quote:To put it bluntly: the reason why Uber has so much cash is because, well, governments no longer do. Instead, this money is parked in the offshore accounts of Silicon Valley and Wall Street firms. Look at Apple, which has recently announced that it sits on $200bn of potentially taxable overseas cash, or Facebook, which has just posted record profits of $3.69bn for 2015. http://www.theguardian.c...axation?CMP=share_btn_tw
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Rank: Elder Joined: 12/25/2014 Posts: 2,300 Location: kenya
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[quote=Lolest!] Quote:Let us not be naive: Wall Street and Silicon Valley won’t subsidise transport for ever. While the prospect of using advertising to underwrite the costs of an Uber trip is still very remote, the only way for these firms to recoup their investments is by squeezing even more cash or productivity out of Uber drivers or by eventually – once all their competitors are out – raising the costs of the trip. Quote:To put it bluntly: the reason why Uber has so much cash is because, well, governments no longer do. Instead, this money is parked in the offshore accounts of Silicon Valley and Wall Street firms. Look at Apple, which has recently announced that it sits on $200bn of potentially taxable overseas cash, or Facebook, which has just posted record profits of $3.69bn for 2015. http://www.theguardian.c...xation?CMP=share_btn_tw[/quote] I guess Gok will want to dip their fingers into the honey jar. Problem is how if the cash is in somewhere in Silicon valley.probably there will be (uctxl)-Uber car tax Levy added on petrol .wait and see! !
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Rank: Veteran Joined: 4/1/2009 Posts: 1,883
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enyands wrote:[quote=Lolest!] Quote:Let us not be naive: Wall Street and Silicon Valley won’t subsidise transport for ever. While the prospect of using advertising to underwrite the costs of an Uber trip is still very remote, the only way for these firms to recoup their investments is by squeezing even more cash or productivity out of Uber drivers or by eventually – once all their competitors are out – raising the costs of the trip. Quote:To put it bluntly: the reason why Uber has so much cash is because, well, governments no longer do. Instead, this money is parked in the offshore accounts of Silicon Valley and Wall Street firms. Look at Apple, which has recently announced that it sits on $200bn of potentially taxable overseas cash, or Facebook, which has just posted record profits of $3.69bn for 2015. http://www.theguardian.c...xation?CMP=share_btn_tw[/quote] I guess Gok will want to dip their fingers into the honey jar. Problem is how if the cash is in somewhere in Silicon valley.probably there will be (uctxl)-Uber car tax Levy added on petrol .wait and see! ! they would probably just tax the drivers. and maybe the profits derived by uber.
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Rank: Elder Joined: 7/26/2007 Posts: 6,514
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Game over. Business opportunities are like buses,there's always another one coming
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Rank: Elder Joined: 5/21/2013 Posts: 2,841 Location: Here
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Here we go: https://www.airbnb.com/s/KenyaLife is like playing a violin solo in public and learning the instrument as one goes on.
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Rank: Member Joined: 1/22/2015 Posts: 682
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It should be noted that apart from just the cheapness, Uber has the extra efficiency of mapping the whole trip, per km charging, employee access control, credit card billing, instant monthly reports, detailed receipts for each trip, driver and passenger ratings, and common company rules are programmed into the back-end and can be selected if you wish. When you look at all these advantages and the fact that they generate over 50% efficiency gains for traditional cabs' best clients(companies and suburb dwellers), you can sort of empathise with their bad reaction. Out of nowhere within the space of a year many Nairobi cab drivers are staring financial ruin in the face, especially the ones who own the older jalopies. Maybe they can rudi ocha and hope that Uber don't expand to rural areas.
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Rank: Member Joined: 8/15/2015 Posts: 817
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[quote=Rankaz13]Here we go: https://www.airbnb.com/s/Kenya[/quote] its about time
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Rank: Veteran Joined: 9/11/2015 Posts: 1,024
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Mike Ock wrote:It should be noted that apart from just the cheapness, Uber has the extra efficiency of mapping the whole trip, per km charging, employee access control, credit card billing, instant monthly reports, detailed receipts for each trip, driver and passenger ratings, and common company rules are programmed into the back-end and can be selected if you wish. When you look at all these advantages and the fact that they generate over 50% efficiency gains for traditional cabs' best clients(companies and suburb dwellers), you can sort of empathise with their bad reaction. Out of nowhere within the space of a year many Nairobi cab drivers are staring financial ruin in the face, especially the ones who own the older jalopies. Maybe they can rudi ocha and hope that Uber don't expand to rural areas. Why don't they also sign up to be uber drivers? What is so difficult about that?
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Rank: Elder Joined: 12/25/2014 Posts: 2,300 Location: kenya
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Anti_Burglar wrote:Mike Ock wrote:It should be noted that apart from just the cheapness, Uber has the extra efficiency of mapping the whole trip, per km charging, employee access control, credit card billing, instant monthly reports, detailed receipts for each trip, driver and passenger ratings, and common company rules are programmed into the back-end and can be selected if you wish. When you look at all these advantages and the fact that they generate over 50% efficiency gains for traditional cabs' best clients(companies and suburb dwellers), you can sort of empathise with their bad reaction. Out of nowhere within the space of a year many Nairobi cab drivers are staring financial ruin in the face, especially the ones who own the older jalopies. Maybe they can rudi ocha and hope that Uber don't expand to rural areas. Why don't they also sign up to be uber drivers? What is so difficult about that? They won't make as much as they do under the umbrella of their cartel body. Uber charges way less than them that's why they are fighting them hard
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