InDrive, doing business at times as inDrive, in India and South Africa are on a roll! In the African country, cashless rides are debuted, while in the South Asian country, a brand-new investment program is on its way to you. Here’s the news scoop.
InDrive South Africa
Cross-border payments platform dLocal, serving emerging markets, and InDrive, a USA-based ridesharing app, partnered together to introduce card payments and local driver payouts in South Africa. That means ditching the hassle-filled payments via cash, and moving to the cashless way.
Under this collaboration, inDrive will accept local card payments in the app, split fares in real-time between drivers and the platform, as well as disburse earnings via the domestic payment rails in South Africa. All integrated, which means it is hassle-free.
Fraud and insecure payments are common in South Africa, as it is in the rest of the world, so this team-up lowers dependence on cash through cash remains for passengers preferring it.
dLocal is a company that provides financial infrastructure across over 40 countries in Africa, Asia, the Middle East, and Latin America. Its infrastructure spans over 44 markets and supports a range of local payment methods, including mobile money, bank transfers, real-time payments, and eWallets. Thank you to dLocal, South Africa becomes the first country where this business model is implemented.
Ashif Black, the country representative of InDrive in South Africa, stated, “South Africa is a key market for inDrive, and getting payments right here matters, not only for the passengers who want a convenient cashless experience but also for the drivers who depend on fast, reliable payouts. dLocal gives us the ability to do both, in one integration, in a market where that combination wasn’t available before.”
Its branding hues are nice, so inDrive definitely won’t risk to lose loyal passengers just due to, design? This is why these developments are made.
Barrie Swart of dLocal, its country manager, chatted with Ridesharing Forum, “Making payments work in emerging markets takes more than a technical integration. It takes local infrastructure, local relationships, and an understanding of how money actually moves in each market. This partnership in South Africa is a strong example of what becomes possible when all of that is in place.”
InDrive India
inDrive in India has cleared another milestone. Meanwhile, inDrive has launched a brand-new investment program to bridge the funding gap for women founders not merely in India, but throughout South Asia, and maybe in Southeast Asia, too, like Malaysia or Thailand, of course, someday in the future.
It’s women business leaders once and for all. The launch follows the successful conclusion of the 2026 Aurora Tech Award conducted in Chile, where women founders from across emerging markets were named among the Top 10 finalists from a record-breaking field of a whopping 3,400 applicants – a significant increase from merely 116 applications in 2021. This is early-stage investment program, though.
Andries Smit, the chief growth entrepreneurial officer at InDrive, then pointed out how things have changed, "[Right, we built inDrive against all odds, competing] against better-funded incumbents. We see the similar stuff in synergy with women founders in emerging markets today…”
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