Taxi Assc concedes market share to ride-hailing apps

Despite their persistent efforts to curb the influence of inDrive, a leading mobile taxi platform, two additional major players have recently launched operations, further sidelining traditional taxi operators and deepening industry woes.

Over the last six months, Botswana has witnessed the launch of two taxi-hailing apps, Yango and Bolt, both with over 100 million downloads worldwide on Google's Play Store alone. The last two have joined inDrive which has been a headache for taxi associations and orthodox taxi operators who feel that the ridesharing services are stealing their market.