Two young South Africans looked at the e-hailing industry and saw the same problem drivers have complained about for a decade.
You work 12 hour days. You cover fuel, maintenance, data, your own safety. Then a platform based on the other side of the world takes 25 to 45 percent of every single trip.
Persy Qamata and Msizi Mtolo built Bro Cabs because they were done watching that math play out on SA roads.
Their model is simple. Zero commission. Drivers pay a R300 once off verification fee, then R600 a month. Every Rand from every trip after that belongs to the driver.
Their words, unsoftened: when a driver hands over 30 to 45 percent of every trip, he isn't building anything. He's just surviving.
It's not only about the money.
Bro built its safety stack around the reality of SA roads. Panic button. Verified drivers. Live trip sharing. A 24 hour line where an actual person answers.
Big platforms treated South Africa like just another market to conquer and move on from.
Two local founders built something rooted here instead.
That's not a small thing. That's a driver keeping what he actually earned.
Built in SA. For SA. By SA.
25 years ago today, Arsenal called the British media for an emergency press conference at London colney.
A lot of outlets did not send their top journalists as they believed Arsenal were just announcing the signing of reserve goalkeeper Richard Wright from Ipswich.
However, the whole room fell silent when former Tottenham captain & academy product Sol Campbell walked out.
The negotiations all took place after midnight at David Dein’s house with Dein, Arsène Wenger & Campbell.
Not only is this considered the most shocking transfer in English football, but it is also considered as the most perfectly executed, as only less than a handful of people knew.