The e-hailer commits €100 million over three years, to strengthen safety measures on its platform, with SA also set to benefit.
E-hailing firm Bolt has committed €100 million to strengthen safety measures on its platform over three years.
Simo Kalajdzic, senior operations manager at Bolt, says: “We take our responsibility to ensure the safety of our platform seriously. With the €100 million committed over three years to safety, we recognise this requires an end-to-end approach across our business in South Africa. Lebogang Maile, Gauteng MEC for finance and economic development, comments: “Bolt's global safety campaign, and other initiatives by the company which aim to raise awareness of safety features, safety initiatives and scaling preventative measures to prevent incidents of harassment and violence, are especially welcome in a South Africa that is battling the scourge of gender-based violence and femicide.
“Bolt will also continue to invest in upgrading existing features, like ride check, to proactively detect if a trip’s route unexpectedly changes or takes longer than expected to finish, and introduce trusted contacts to ensure ride check notifications are escalated to a friend or loved one, if needed.
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