Olasupo Kuye Discusses How His Subscription Model Benefits Drivers and Riders

The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of OlakzRide, Mr Olasupo Kuye, has said that the ride is different from others because it offers unique services to its customers.

According to him, the uniqueness of Ola’s ride is “that we are not going to be doing the percentage billing which a lot of drivers are finding difficult to work with.

“We are going to put it on subscription and it’s going to be a very good subscription that drivers can easily benefit from. There’s going to be a post-paid weekly subscription and prepaid monthly subscription with a bit discount. The postpaid weekly subscription is something all drivers can easily afford which means a driver is going to work all week and they pay after working for that week.”

Kuye explained in an interview that navigating the app is very easy and user friendly, and that “you just have to download it from either Google Playstore or iOS store, and apple. It has both the driver and passenger registration on one app, you just have to switch whichever you want to go on, if you want to be a driver you can just easily switch to driver.

“After you register as a driver you make sure you complete all your permits and then you start taking riders. As a rider, just register, put your phone number and you can book a ride, a driver is ready to pick you up.”

He stated that the ride was launched it six months ago and that it’s been a good review so far because whenever he explained the plan behind the business to a lot of people, they love to jump on it because they know it’s going to be a very good organisation to be part of and work with.

He said further that the inspiration of an e-hailing business came from his educational background because right from when he was back home in Nigeria, he studied transportation management at the Federal University of Technology, Akure, Ondo State and that he did his intern with ABC transport, which he said was the leading transport company in Nigeria.

“So, I really studied both the educational and the technical parts of the organization and I see that the current e-hailing apps in Nigeria are not bringing opportunities instead they are taking advantage. So, as a Nigerian, I want to bring opportunities through this industry to everyone that partakes of it.

“In few years, I know currently we are starting in Lagos State and southwestern part of Nigeria, but very soon we are going to be extending across Nigeria and while we extend across Nigeria, we will get to other countries in Africa. And our main focus is to make transportation cheaper and affordable for customers and drivers. It should take them from poverty land to class. That is the future of Ola’s ride.

“Ola’s ride wants to bring a lot of people from poverty line to class whereby you work, earn a good living, you can afford a good home and you can afford to send your children to school up to the apex level which is the university,” he said.