Sober wrote:uncleboni wrote:Horton wrote:uncleboni wrote:sparkly wrote:Kenyans give lifts by stopping at the stage and buying passengers from makangas/mungiki. Risk is;
1. Security - You lift or are lifted by thugs; and
2. Expectations - You lift @mugundaman and he expects you to take him to middle of nowhere with no roads and lighting.
To address these issues the developers should take a community approach to increase trust. Also have an accepted code for lifting.
For instance if Wazua started a lifting community, I won't have a problem lifting or being lifted by a wazuan.
Good observations but then that's what you get when you hitch a ride in that Noah, Probox or Sienta from Eldoret to Nairobi. Not vetted, not verified, no background checks, nothing.
We know better; before we can allow anyone to book or offer a lift they must all have been checked and verified in advance.
Drivers are required to set their dropoff and pickup points in advance. This way the passenger expectations are met to avoid those ackward detours.
Boni,
Kindly provide your contacts/email.
Thanks
I'm on Skype @githinjibn or email boni at sematime dot com
Hey Boniface Githinji,
This is a well thought of idea considering it is a product that is solving a problem, a Kenyan problem. Lifts will be sought this coming festive season and it's prudent you position yourself.
Maybe share with Wazuans here how you began and how the numbers are so that we look at adoption rather than name calling which doesn't interest some of us here. Maybe offer us 'free lifts' as an advrtising strategy, you just don't know who is reading this.
Me
Thank you. We are definitely going to max on this festive season. Already doing good as it is. Actually, have done better that Little or Uber on their 1st month after launch where it matters.
As of free lifts, good suggestion. We have some cool new things cooking up so when time is ready Wazuans will be among the first to know.
"you just don't know who is reading this." - since I shared my contacts, I have been getting lots of interest with @NipeLift app.
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