Female entrepreneurs seek solutions to Egypt's traffic woes
Female entrepreneurs in Egypt have launched carpooling apps to help ease the daily burden of traffic.
Egypt's female entrepreneurs are tackling their country's growing transportation issues with a number of out-of-the-box ideas.
“Many female entrepreneurs have found that they can come up with creative solutions, just like their male partners in the transportation industry, to help reduce daily sufferings on the road,” said Rania Ayman, founder of Cairo-based nonprofit Entreprenelle, which supports women-run start-ups.
At Entreprenelle's event, "Girls on Road," female entrepreneurs shared their success stories and ideas for solutions to transportation issues. Such issues include a lack of safe public transportation, and Egypt's adherence to traditional ways of commuting that have become too expensive due to high fuel costs.
Samira Negm, a co-founder of the carpooling app Raye7, told Al-Monitor that the inspiration for the app was personal.
