East African startup competition taps SMS bus ticket company as winner

Judges were fierce at the Tanzania final of The Next Web’s global startup competition, Startup World, held in Dar Es Salaam this month where over 100 people turned out to see ten startups battle it out for the finalist title.

... Safari Yetu changes how consumers buy bus tickets in Tanzania; currently buying a bus ticket for travel means going to a bus station a day earlier than the expected travel date, spending two to five hours in traffic just to get your ticket and then do the same the day you are traveling. With Safari Yetu, you pay online or via mobile, receive an SMS reservation or ticket and go to the bus station once; the day you are traveling.