By: Mehek Yousaf
KARACHI (PEN): Careem has achieved a milestone of 1 billion ride hailing trips across the Middle East, North Africa, and Pakistan, a statement said on Tuesday, and Pakistan was designated the country that contributed the most to the achievement.
According to the statement, Pakistan has been named the biggest contributor to the popular ride-sharing app Careem for achieving the milestone of completing one billion rides globally.
“Careem captains have driven over 9bn kilometres across more than 80 cities over ten years,” it said, adding that Pakistan recorded 299 million rides — the highest so far — followed by 242m rides in Saudi Arabia and 230m in Egypt.
The longest single ride covered 1,113 kilometres, from Riyadh to Jazan in Saudi Arabia in 2020. The shortest single ride was a 200 metre trip in Lahore.\
“Careem has more than 50m registered customers and 2.5m registered captains that have collectively earned over $4bn up to date,” the statement said. “The highest number of trips recorded by a Careem captain is 35,139 trips in Jordan,” it added.
It highlighted that the highest number of rides booked by a customer in Saudi Arabia was over 9,500.
“Careem expanded in popularity across the region as the first ride-hailing platform to offer cash payments,” it added. “The percentage of Careem rides paid for digitally has grown from 31 per cent in 2016 to 44pc in 2022.”
The statement concluded that “Careem offers over a dozen services including ride-hailing, food and grocery delivery, micro-mobility, payments, and partner services including home cleaning, car rental, event bookings and on-demand laundry services.”
Mudassir Malik , CEO nad Co-founder said, “Reaching the incredible milestone of 1 billion rides in thanks to the hard work of our captains and colleagues as well as the trust our customers have placed in us.
“The opportunity ahead is larger and humbling – ouir regon is full of untapped potential and there is so much more we must do simplify and improve life for the people in region.”