Uganda - Business creation project

Describe your project or startup in a few words

tap a ride is a mobile transport services and carpooling app that enables affordable transport solutions to both drivers and poolers (people being driven). It is supposed to be a solution to excess traffic jam, emissions and expensive transport prices.

01.01 Describe your project in more detail

tap a ride is a car pooling app that enables drivers to share their cars when traveling to a similar destination or using a route on which a similar destination is located. It is supposed to be a solution to the number of cars on the road as well as affordable transport from one destination to another. By people sharing their cars instead of having excess free space (unoccupied seats), tap a ride provides a platform in which one can share those seats with another person traveling to the same direction, and get a money compensation.

01.02 What is the main problem you are trying to solve?

This is trying the solve the problem of traffic jam and toxic emissions being emitted by excess cars on the road by enabling users travelling to a similar destination or along the path that one's destination is located to share their cars.

01.03 Tell us the major benefits and/or advantages of using the product/service that your project intends to provide (at least 3).

- It provides an affordable means of transport for users who are using their seats of driver's cars. - It provides a source of income to driver's who are sharing their seats, enabling them to save on fuel costs, etc. - It will reduce traffic jam by reducing the number of cars on the road. - It will create a more. healthy environment by cutting out the toxic emissions released from the excess number of cars on the road.

01.04 Please describe who exactly your project is aimed at serving. Who are the targeted beneficiaries?

It is aimed at serving everyone who uses the road, basically everyone who needs transportation from one location to another.

01.05 When did you start working on your project?

2024-04-20

01.06 How many other partners are associated with your business venture?

3

01.07 Among the other partners, how many are female?

0

01.08 Please describe the profile of each of the other partners (skills, experience, etc.)

- Ariyo Ahumuza Nimusiima. 3rd Year Software Engineering Student at Makerere University and Software Developer at Pahappa Limited. - Ojok Emmanuel Nsubuga. 3rd Year Software Engineering Student at Makerere University and Software Engineer at Ridelink Inc. - Sasha Semaganda. Brand Strategist.

01.09 If you have a website, a social media page (Facebook, Instagram, Linkedin…), or app, please provide the link here:

01.10 Which industry best describes your project?

c) Industry (equipment, commercial, logistical and professional services, transport)

02.01.01 My project contributes to the No poverty goal

2

02.01.02 No poverty - Justification

02.02.01 My project contributes to the Zero hunger goal

1 - Strongly Disagree

02.02.02 Zero hunger - Justification

02.03.01 My project contributes to the Good health and well-being goal

3

02.03.02 Good health and well-being - Justification

02.04.01 My project contributes to the Quality education goal

1 - Strongly Disagree

02.04.02 Quality education - Justification

02.05.01 My project contributes to the Gender equality goal

2

02.05.02 Gender equality - Justification

02.06.01 My project contributes to the Clean water and sanitation goal

1 - Strongly Disagree

02.06.02 Clean water and sanitation - Justification

02.07.01 My project contributes to the Affordable and clean energy goal

2

02.07.02 Affordable and clean energy - Justification

02.08.01 My project contributes to the Decent work and economic growth

6

02.08.02 Decent work and economic growth - Justification

It provides a platform for anyone, as long as they're validated, to earn money by transporting people from destination to destination.

02.09.01 My project contributes to the Industry innovation and infrastructure

2

02.09.02 Industry innovation and infrastructure - Justification

02.10.01 My project contributes to the Reduced inequalities goal

1 - Strongly Disagree

02.10.02 Reduced inequalities - Justification

02.11.01 My project contributes to the Sustainable cities and communities goal

6

02.11.02 Sustainable cities and communities - Justification

Reduces reliance on unsafe means of transportation such as taxis and bodas bodas by offering other people's cars instead. The people who use this platform will be validated and this will ensure safety.

02.12.01 My project contributes to the Responsible consumption and production goal

5

02.12.02 Responsible consumption and production - Justification

Less cars on the road means less fuel consumption thus making it sustainable.

02.13.01 My project contributes to the Climate action goal

6

02.13.02 Climate action - Justification

Less cars on the roads means less toxic emissions from vehicles thus contributing to the fight against climate change.

02.14.01 My project contributes to the Life below water goal

2

02.14.02 Life below water - Justification

02.15.01 My project contributes to the Life on land goal

3

02.15.02 Life on land - Justification

02.16.01 My project contributes to the Peace justice and strong institutions goal

3

02.16.02 Peace justice and strong institutions - Justification

02.17.01 My project contributes to the Partnerships for the goal

1 - Strongly Disagree

02.17.02 Partnerships for the goal - Justification

05.01 There are a large number of customers who already use a product/service very similar to the product/service we envision creating.

7 - Strongly Agree

05.02 The product/service we envision creating represents an entirely new type of product/service.

5

05.03 The product/service we envision creating could be described as a new technology.

5

05.04 The product/service we envision creating is an improvement on an existing product or service.

7 - Strongly Agree

05.05 The product/service we envision creating could be described as an extension of a range of products or services.

7 - Strongly Agree

05.06 The product/service we envision creating responds to a demand or need that has not been satisfied by other products/services.

5

05.07 The product/service we envision creating is a new version of an old product/service.

5

05.08 Justification

This project offers a platform to enable anyone use their car as a taxi or find people doing the same, this is what car pooling is, something that is not yet occuring on a big scale in the country. It is similar to the current operation of taxis in the country but safer and one has more control over which driver they allow to take them.

05.09 Who are your main potential competitors and what makes you stand out from them?

Main potential competitors include the current taxi business, ride sharing platforms like Uber and Safecar, boda bodas, and existing car pooling apps like Safarishare. What makes tap a ride stand out is the control over choosing who to use, the interface that enables one know the history of which car ride they are pooling, the freedom of becoming a driver or a normal user and the safety promised by validating users and drivers.

10.06 Are you initiating actions within your community to promote the role of female entrepreneurs?

No. (can't leave blank because submission redirected me to this field)