Two months after the initial launch of inDrive.Freight in South Africa, the company is honored to share encouraging indicators reflecting the positive reception and adaptability of the youth in leveraging technology for employment opportunities amidst the country’s existing high unemployment rate.
Remarkably, nearly 40% of the drivers who have engaged with the inDrive.Freight platform fall under the youth demographic(individuals aged 18 to 35 years old), demonstrating a significant stride towards engaging this vital sector of the population in economic activities.
Further attesting to the high adaptability rate of technology among the youth, data showcases that 57.23% of the deals facilitated through the platform have been executed by youth drivers. This highlights a generation ready and able to leverage technological solutions to forge robust pathways towards sustainable employment.
A cornerstone of the platform’s success with young drivers is the empowering name-your-price model that it operates on. This innovative approach returns negotiating power to the drivers, allowing them a significant say in determining fair incomes for their services, and by extension fostering a sense of agency and entrepreneurship.
inDrive.Freight is also proud to announce yet another pivotal milestone, proudly expanding its footprint to cover more intercity routes than ever before, effectively bringing cities closer together with its unparalleled logistics solutions. The team is ecstatic to celebrate this progression and even more, to announce its ambitious ingress into Pretoria and Durban. This comes after a roaring success in Johannesburg and Cape Town, affirming the firm’s commitment to facilitating seamless connectivity and freight services across South Africa’s pulsating cities
Vincent Lilane, inDrive Business Development Representative in Southern Africa, emphasized the positive trajectory and the role inDrive.Freight is playing in youth empowerment, stating,
“The warm reception and the evident success in Johannesburg and Cape Town not only illustrate the efficacy and the potential of our platform but also underscore the readiness and adaptability of South African youth to tech-driven solutions. We are encouraged to see them seize the opportunities created, and we are confident that our entrance into Pretoria and Durban will foster even more possibilities.”
