Abuja has a new electric mobility service, with home-grown e-hailing company ProTaxi commencing operations in the capital and announcing plans to deploy 1,000 electric vehicles.
Developed by PromiseLand Innovation, the service was unveiled in Abuja on Thursday as the company began its programme to onboard 1,000 drivers and provide them with electric vehicles for commercial operations.
Amb. Emmanuel Lawrence Oloche, Chief Executive Officer of PromiseLand Innovation, said ProTaxi was created from the company’s ambition to use technology and innovation to help ordinary people build sustainable livelihoods.
He said circumstances should not determine a person’s future when people have access to the right tools, opportunities and environment.
Oloche said ProTaxi was designed to serve passengers while giving drivers a dependable means of earning an income.
“A completed trip can contribute towards a child’s school fees, a family’s rent or other basic needs,” he said, adding that creating opportunities for thousands of drivers could have an impact on the communities where they live.
“We believe that when we create opportunities for thousands of drivers, we are not watching families, but we are reshaping communities,” Oloche said.
The company also plans to develop ProTaxi into an African technology company capable of transforming everyday life and competing internationally.
“The future is not what you wait for. The future is what you work towards every day,” Oloche said.
The service will use electric vehicles to provide Nigerians with another option for moving around the city while reducing the cost pressures associated with conventional vehicle operations.
Oloche described ProTaxi as another fulfilled vision of PromiseLand Innovation, with plans to extend the service beyond Abuja.
Gift Emmanuel, Executive Director of PromiseLand Estate, said the project was established with the needs of ordinary people in mind.
She said ProTaxi had started in Abuja and would be extended to other states.
“The vision is to help the masses and at least, he’s here in Abuja now, and we are moving to other states to help other people too,” Emmanuel said.
The Abuja launch marks the beginning of ProTaxi’s 1,000-driver programme and the company’s planned expansion of electric mobility services across Nigeria.
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