Zimbabwe-wide pilot

Get where
you’re going.

Fair rides for riders. Fair earnings for drivers. Set your trip, offer a fair fare, and let Kwela help make the connection.

● Your ride, your price ● Phone-first support ● Across Zimbabwe

Pilot registrations are open now. Ride dispatch is initially supported by the Kwela operations team while live matching is completed.

A rider in a car in an urban Zimbabwe setting
Your trip Zimbabwe
Pickup
Destination
Your offer$5.00
R
For riders

You suggest a fair fare and choose what works for you.

D
For drivers

Choose your trips and keep more control over what you earn.

S
Safety first

Driver approval and trip support are part of the pilot process.

Book your first Kwela

Request a ride

Tell us where you’re going and what you’d like to pay. For the early pilot, your request is saved securely and our team can contact you by phone, SMS or WhatsApp.

Zimbabwe pilot · example Harare ride viewPilot open

Simple by design

How Kwela works

1

Set your trip

Tell us where you are, where you’re going and the fare you have in mind.

2

Drivers respond

Approved drivers can accept or counter. During the first pilot, our operations team helps coordinate the match.

3

Choose your ride

Pick what works for you. Pay the driver directly during the pilot; Kwela charges the driver only on completed rides.

A Kwela driver in Zimbabwe
10%pilot platform fee
on completed rides

Drive with Kwela

More control over your fares and your time.

  • No sign-up fee for the Zimbabwe pilot
  • Choose the trips that suit you
  • Phone-first onboarding and support
  • Platform fee applies only to completed rides

Trust has to be earned

Safety before scale.

Kwela is starting deliberately. Drivers are reviewed before being activated for passenger rides, and the pilot keeps a human operations layer while the product matures.

01

Driver review

Driver identity, licence and vehicle information will be checked before live-driver activation.

02

Phone-first contact

A valid Zimbabwe mobile number is required for ride and driver registrations so the team can reach you quickly.

03

Human pilot support

Early requests are visible to the Kwela operations team so problems can be handled directly instead of disappearing into an algorithm.

Built here, for here

Kwela starts across Zimbabwe.

Kwela is a Zimbabwe-first mobility platform built around a simple idea: riders should get a fair trip and drivers should earn a fair return.

We’re opening registrations before the full automated matching system is complete so the founding rider and driver community can shape the product from the beginning.

Request a pilot ride →

Kwela accounts are next.

The pilot is accepting ride requests and driver registrations now. Account sign-in will use the existing Retroverse identity system rather than creating another password.

Continue with pilot registration