Yango launches new technology service

Yango, an international ride-hailing service, has today launched in Zambia, a new safety technology in the service — driving style monitoring.

The algorithm aggregates feedback from Yango users about rides in real time with a progressive impact scale.

If users inform about the dangerous driving style of a particular driver regularly, this is considered as a violation of the service standards and the driver receives a warning notification in a driver app about it.

If the situation doesn’t change after several notifications, the algorithm restricts the driver’s access to Yango.

Thus, the technology helps to warn drivers who cooperate with the service from dangerous maneuvers and possible accidents.

“Safety is of high priority in our service and we constantly invest in our own safety technologies to contribute to the safety of the cities we operate in.

“We are pleased to roll out this feature in Lusaka, Kitwe and Ndola. We remain committed to bringing to the Zambian market more of our safety technologies that have already proved their efficiency in other markets,” said kabanda Chewe, Country Manager for Yango in Zambia

He said the Yango app already has a number of functions that increase the level of safety of all rides. For example the safety tab in the app allows users to share their ride with trusted contacts so that they follow the route, users can report any personal belongings left in a vehicle, contact the customer service if the driver has violated the traffic rules, etc.

Kabamba said, furthermore , with each order, users can see the license plate number and the name of a partner driver who is coming to the ride.

Yango is an international online service for ordering rides, it already operates in more than 20 countries across Europe, Central Asia, Africa and the Middle East.

Unlike other ride-hailing services, Yango app uses its own mapping, routing, and navigation as well as smart order distribution.