Teliman Building the future of Taxi-Motos across the African Continent

In Bamako, the population has more than doubled over the 2000-2015 period. This creates strong transportation bottlenecks and limits economic development. Moto-taxi is expanding but the industry is informal: low-quality safety for the passenger and pressure on drivers (costs, low-quality bikes).
Teliman is a lease-to-own approach for drivers to acquire quality and low-fuel consumption bikes after 2 years while working for Teliman. An app connects them with passengers and allows them to use mobile payment. With this model, the drivers are Teliman’s main customers. The company creates job opportunities in the formal sector, thus contributing to professional reintegration and economic empowerment for the many unemployed young people of Bamako. By providing financial inclusion and financial services to drivers, reducing operation costs and bringing down fuel consumption by up to 30%, Teliman strives to address the main problems facing an uncontrolled industry.