Fair rides for Kenya.
A driver-first rideshare: lower fares for riders, fair earnings for drivers, and M-Pesa from the very first tap.
Ride with people you know.
Every good trip builds a relationship. Your roster of trusted drivers learns your routes, and gets matched to you first. Standing rides, request by name.
How matching worksFour taps from here to there.
The flow is the same whether you ride or drive: clear, instant, M-Pesa-native.
Built for Kenya, not adapted to it.
Where Ryde stands apart from the apps you already know.
| Feature | Ryde | Traditional apps |
|---|---|---|
| Driver take-home | Up to 95% | Higher cut |
| M-Pesa native | Built in | Add-on |
| Surge pricing | Never | Variable surge |
| Favourite drivers | 1-tap re-book | No re-book |
| Driver payouts | Instant M-Pesa | Slower |
"Traditional apps" reflects typical terms on major ride-hailing platforms, not any specific operator.
Drivers keep up to 95%.
A flat weekly subscription or a small per-trip commission, whichever earns you more. On a KES 1,000 fare, here is how much a Ryde driver keeps versus apps that take a bigger cut.
Planned launch pricing. Traditional-app commission shown for comparison is illustrative.
Illustrative. The traditional-app figure is a typical industry commission, not a measured Ryde number.
Trust, built in before the trip starts.
Safety, by default, for every rider and every driver.
Designed around how Kenya moves.
Cheaper rides around campus.
Discounted fares are coming to university areas across Kenya. Late lectures, nights out, or weekends home, students ride for less.
Student pricing · coming at launch.
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