KAI Senegal has acquired a first set of Toyota “Starlet” for their upcoming taxi app service!
November 24, 2021
On Nov 17, KAI Senegal took the stage on their cars’ delivery event at CFAO Toyota showroom!
KAI Senegal - a partner of Mobility 54 – has bought a first set of 20 units of Toyota “Starlet” for their new taxi app service, which is expected to be launched in December 2021. They also acquired 2 units of Toyota “Rush” for the premium transport service. This sale from CFAO Senegal to KAI Senegal is a great example of synergies between KAI Senegal and Mobility 54, a corporate venture capital of Toyota Tsusho Corporation and CFAO Group.
The guests at the cars’ delivery event could see beautiful yellow painted “Starlet” outside and inside the showroom, while hearing the passion and the ambition of KAI Senegal!
What is your typical image of Senegalese taxis?
The Senegalese taxi industry is still very traditional with informal taxis (or clandos) occupying more than half of the market today. Due to the lack of a structured management system, most of the vehicles are quite aged and therefore do not provide a growing middle-class population with good quality taxi services.
KAI Senegal is becoming a game changer of taxi industry!
KAI Senegal was established in 2018 to revolutionize the traditional taxi industry in Senegal with the following 3 business pillars:
Fleet management service with good quality vehicles
Financing scheme to turn taxis into an asset investment for individuals
Digital ride hailing (taxi) app to connect individual customers
KAI Senegal is going to launch its digital ride hailing app with the Toyota “Starlet” as a first batch. The new app will offer an efficient taxi pick-up service for both drivers and individual customers as well as offer a transparent pricing with multi-payment methods (cash, mobile money, credit card).
The people in Senegal will start to see brand new yellow taxis with “KAI’s logo” in the streets soon!
KAI Senegal’s Ambition
KAI Senegal has a big ambition for transforming mobility and urban transport, while renewing the taxi fleet and offering a much-needed efficient urban transport system with its app. The company aims to lead a large market share of taxis in Dakar by the end of 2022, and expand into other countries across West Africa.
Co-founders of KAI Senegal - Pape Seyni Ndiaye and Birane Diagne