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Launch
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SafariShare Launches Uganda's First Multimodal Transport Marketplace

From carpooling pioneer to full transport marketplace: SafariShare officially launches with online bus ticketing, mobile money payments, an operator directory, and an agent network coming next.

SafariShare · 25 April 2026

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Milestone
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SafariShare Joins the Travelier Group Distribution Network

SafariShare is now a Travelier Group distribution partner, connecting Uganda's bus routes to millions of travellers across Bookaway, 12Go, and Travelier's global platform network.

SafariShare · 20 January 2026
Milestone
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SafariShare Bus Ticketing Goes Live

After four months of building, SafariShare is now a bus ticketing platform. Here is what launched, what it means, and what comes next.

SafariShare · 15 December 2025
Operations
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What Digitising Uganda's Bus Sector Actually Looks Like

Getting bus operators online is not a technical problem. It is an operational, relational, and educational challenge that requires showing up in person before any system goes live.

SafariShare · 20 October 2025
Product
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Building for Uganda: Why Mobile Money Comes First

At every stage of building SafariShare, the question of payments has come up. The answer has always been the same: mobile money first. Here is why.

SafariShare · 8 March 2022
Milestone
2 min read

SafariShare Has Won AFD's Digital Challenge 2021

We have been named one of ten winners of the Agence Française de Développement's Digital Challenge 2021, recognising African startups with measurable climate and biodiversity impact.

SafariShare · 10 December 2021
Product
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The Trust Problem in Peer-to-Peer Mobility

Getting into a stranger's car for a three-hour journey is not a natural behaviour. Building the conditions for it to happen reliably is the central design challenge of carpooling.

SafariShare · 14 October 2021
Report
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One Year In: The Numbers Behind the Journey

2020 was not the year anyone planned. A pandemic suspended transport for months. And yet by December, SafariShare has transported over 980 people through the holiday season, filled more than 7,000 empty seats, and facilitated 600,000 kilometres of shared travel.

SafariShare · 31 December 2020
Milestone
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SafariShare Has Been Selected for the WRI Africa Transformative Mobility Accelerator

We are one of nine startups chosen from 112 applications across Kenya and Uganda for the 2020/2021 ATMA cohort. Here is what this means for us and what the next six months look like.

SafariShare · 12 October 2020
Story
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Why We Started SafariShare

Uganda's transport sector is not broken for lack of vehicles or routes. It is broken by information gaps, fragmentation, and a system that makes every journey harder than it needs to be.

SafariShare · 1 December 2019