Bolt sets up regional hub in Nairobi
Ride-hailing company Bolt has opened its Africa Head Office
in Nairobi to leverage the city’s strategic position to serve as a regional hub
for its operations in Africa.
The office is located on Riverside Drive and will act as the
regional nerve centre of the company whose operations in Africa cuts through
seven countries including Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Nigeria, Ghana, South Africa
and Tunisia.
Bolt said the move is part of the company’s
continued growth and investment strategy in the region as it seeks to deepen
its presence in Africa in a unified approach.
The office will provide an opportunity for
Bolt to run its operations in a more integrated and cohesive manner across the
region.
According to Bolt Regional Director, Paddy
Partridge, the investment is significant in strengthening the company’s
presence in Africa as a region because of the country’s strategic location and
infrastructural advancement.
“This investment is strategic for us as it
will enable us to run and coordinate operations seamlessly across Africa in an
integrated manner. It also provides us access to the great COMESA
regional markets which we are keen to expand to,” said Partridge during the
official opening on Monday.
“Africa as a region, shares a lot in common,
and Kenya acts as a great gateway in the region. Its strategic location
in the region and the available infrastructure has enabled us to grow
tremendously in the East African Market and we believe we can leverage this to
still achieve more across the entire continent,” he added.
The office will now host the company’s
top-brass leadership overseeing operations across Africa, among them Regional
Director and Interim VP for Rides, Regional Manager for Ride-hailing, East
Africa, Regional Marketing Manager, Africa, Senior Head of Public Policy and
Legal Director for Africa.
Currently, Bolt has a growing workforce of over 500 individuals
and more than 400,000 drivers in over 70 cities in Africa.
The company, however, said it will still maintain its local
offices in each of these markets to coordinate its operations in a more
personalised manner.
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