Used it from Hurlingham (including a drop off in South B) to JKIA, total cost, 1,503. My cab guy had said minimum 2,000. Let&#39;s just say, I&#39;ll only be using uber from now on.<div><br></div><div><br><br>On Monday, February 9, 2015, Josy Ngatia via skunkworks &lt;<a href="mailto:skunkworks@lists.my.co.ke">skunkworks@lists.my.co.ke</a>&gt; wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div><div><div><div><div><br></div><font face="georgia,serif"><font color="#0000ff">@Phares,<br><br></font></font></div><font face="georgia,serif"><font color="#0000ff">I echo your views on Mpesa, Though this has been a successful Money transfer service, it has a long match a solid payment solution. <br><br></font></font></div><font face="georgia,serif"><font color="#0000ff">Think of it, You cannot automatically charge collection to an Mpesa Account, without Mobile User involvement comparatively with credit/debit cards, this happens seamless.<br><br></font></font></div><font face="georgia,serif"><font color="#0000ff">My 2 cents, I find Mpesa a &quot; Just a technology that solves our immediate need to just send money&quot; but as far as Mobile e-commerce, Payment solutions the solution has not matured enough.<br><br></font></font></div><font face="georgia,serif"><font color="#0000ff">I think, this can be explored if telco work with financial partners to have a solid mobile payment solution, which is seamless.<br></font></font><div><font face="georgia,serif"><font color="#0000ff"><br><br></font></font><div><div><font face="georgia,serif"><font color="#0000ff"><br></font></font><div><div>-----------------------------------<br><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Feb 4, 2015 at 6:08 PM, Phares via skunkworks <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="javascript:_e(%7B%7D,&#39;cvml&#39;,&#39;skunkworks@lists.my.co.ke&#39;);" target="_blank">skunkworks@lists.my.co.ke</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">I&#39;m not convinced that Safaricom will win the <i>payments </i>battle, unless they improve their offering significantly in the short-medium term. The problem right now is that Visa/Mastercard acquirers have unduly stringent requirements for merchants looking to take up Visa/Mastercard. The settlement was also an issue (up to 30 days with some banks). The thing about MPesa is that it doesn&#39;t allow for reversals etc. It&#39;s not mature as a payments platform. Costs are not clear etc. For instance, Lipa Na Mpesa was always marketed as a free service for the consumer (the merchant had a 1% fee), turns out they have hidden costs (that are not communicated to the customer). Visa is always free for the customer, where surcharges exist, you are explicitly warned. I&#39;ll give an example - I made the mistake of using mpesa to pay for a bag of beans today morning at a coffee shop.  MPesa was experiencing delays. I can&#39;t leave the merchants (because I have not yet paid, they&#39;ve not verified this). I can&#39;t pay cash (money may leave my account later, there&#39;s no way to reverse the transaction, and it&#39;s now up to the merchants good will). It&#39;s a fairly clunky system. Most people who will be using cabs have bank cards (most banks today issue you with a visa/mastercard for your debit card). Unless mpesa releases an API that allows for direct debit (in a seamless manner) I&#39;m not so sure it&#39;s the best solution for this... </div><div><div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Feb 4, 2015 at 3:34 PM, Kakai Eugene via skunkworks <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="javascript:_e(%7B%7D,&#39;cvml&#39;,&#39;skunkworks@lists.my.co.ke&#39;);" target="_blank">skunkworks@lists.my.co.ke</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">Can groups (say a company) have an account with Uber? Haven&#39;t seen that on their app.</div><div class="gmail_extra"><div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Jan 27, 2015 at 4:50 PM, Denis G. Wahome via skunkworks <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="javascript:_e(%7B%7D,&#39;cvml&#39;,&#39;skunkworks@lists.my.co.ke&#39;);" target="_blank">skunkworks@lists.my.co.ke</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">Use EasyTaxi no complaints, may try Uber.<div><br></div><div>R</div><div><br></div><div>D </div></div><div><div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Jan 26, 2015 at 7:11 PM, Riyaz Bachani via skunkworks <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="javascript:_e(%7B%7D,&#39;cvml&#39;,&#39;skunkworks@lists.my.co.ke&#39;);" target="_blank">skunkworks@lists.my.co.ke</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">Used it last week for a trip to the airport. Have used it before in the States.<div><br></div><div>Drivers have been trained just like the US drivers</div><div>&quot;would you like me to put on the Air ?&quot;</div><div>&quot;what music would you like ?&quot;</div><div>They will open the door for you etc.</div><div><br></div><div>Trip took over 2 hours from Kilimani to the airport because the driver took Uhuru Highway, but the final calculated cost for the trip was 1,400 shs !!!</div><div>They have a rate that gets calculated based on KMs and Time of the trip. Was 21km for this particular trip &amp; 2 hours.</div><div><br></div><div>Best part though is with Promotion Code for Nairobi Restaurant Week - NRW2015 - the ride was FREE !</div><div><br></div><div>R</div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div><div><div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Jan 26, 2015 at 11:14 AM, Brian Wangila via skunkworks <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="javascript:_e(%7B%7D,&#39;cvml&#39;,&#39;skunkworks@lists.my.co.ke&#39;);" target="_blank">skunkworks@lists.my.co.ke</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif">It works well locally too, but the biggest barrier is that they only accept credit/debit card payment.</div><div style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif">I&#39;d like to think that people are more likely to use the service if they used the more preferred mobile payments.</div><div style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><br></div><div style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif">Regards,</div><div style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif">Brian</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Jan 22, 2015 at 9:17 AM, Jangita Nyagudi via skunkworks <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="javascript:_e(%7B%7D,&#39;cvml&#39;,&#39;skunkworks@lists.my.co.ke&#39;);" target="_blank">skunkworks@lists.my.co.ke</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">Yes its overlaid on google maps, you should try navigating with maps in Dar. With lots of paperwork I used to set my destination, start the google maps turn by turn, put the phone in my pocket with headphones and walk as I listen to directions. Those Swahili road names :) and buildings being in the wrong places<div><br></div><div>Good old ask for directions from 5 people and take an average always works.</div></div><div><div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 22 January 2015 at 09:40, Kisakye Alex <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="javascript:_e(%7B%7D,&#39;cvml&#39;,&#39;kisakye@gmail.com&#39;);" target="_blank">kisakye@gmail.com</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">@Jangita, you are right, the cabbie needs to know his mapping skills. My uber one time kept taking the wrong turns until I asked if I could help since we were already in the neighbourhood of where I was going and knew the roads well.<div>I *think* they are using googlemaps. Again this is SA experience.</div><span><font color="#888888"><div><br></div><div>Alex</div></font></span></div><div><div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Jan 22, 2015 at 7:28 AM, Jangita Nyagudi via skunkworks <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="javascript:_e(%7B%7D,&#39;cvml&#39;,&#39;skunkworks@lists.my.co.ke&#39;);" target="_blank">skunkworks@lists.my.co.ke</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">Don&#39;t know about Kenya but used it in SA while on a visit and it works quite well. I was actually using it as my primary means of transport. I talked to an Uber cabbie on how it works; drivers actually get&#39;s a pin dropped at where you are when you &quot;call&quot; for the cab then they reply,(don&#39;t know what criteria is used to show you a cab has been found, it will be with you in x minutes, shows you the make and model of the car etc) you confirm, he or she comes, picks you up, drops you where you are going and shows you the cost (which is a mix of time taken and distance - calculated by Uber as the car moves), and you pay from your google play wallet, Paypal, credit card etc. Made jumping from place to place very easy.<div><br></div><div>As per finding you, when a pin is dropped i guess it depends on the cabbie and his map skills</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div><div>On 22 January 2015 at 00:13, John Maina via skunkworks <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="javascript:_e(%7B%7D,&#39;cvml&#39;,&#39;skunkworks@lists.my.co.ke&#39;);" target="_blank">skunkworks@lists.my.co.ke</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br></div></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div><div><div dir="ltr">Hey Skunks,<div><br></div><div>Just wondering if anyone has used Uber in Nairobi and would care to share their experience? I&#39;m especially interested in how accurate they are in determining pick up location - this could have even more interesting use cases if its accurate.</div><div><br></div><div>regards,</div><div><br></div><div>J. Mwangi</div></div>
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