A Kenyan online platform for reviewing and buying bus tickets in Africa has completed a seed round. Beyond ticketing, QuickBus lets users review and rate experiences on bus travel platforms, Wamda reports. The round was led by Shorooq Partners, a venture fund based in the United Arab Emirates. The Nairobi-based startup joins a nascent African long-distance mobility space which has a “massive potential,” according to Kunal Savjani, partner at Shorooq Partners. A young startup with barely any media mentions, QuickBus says it has partnered with leading tech companies like Visa, Stripe, Mpesa and automobile giant Mercedes.

Source: The North Africa Journal January 18, 2020 08:03 UTC