Rapa Thomson Ricky
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| Rapa Thomson Ricky | |
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| Born | Northern Uganda |
| 🏳️ Nationality | Ugandan |
| 🏳️ Citizenship | Ugandan |
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Rapa Thompson Ricky is a Ugandan entrepreneur and businessman. He is the co-founder and director of Safe Boda, a ride hailing mobile application that links the user to nearby available motorcycle taxi operators.[1][2] Forbes named Rapa among 30 of the most promising young entrepreneurs in 2018.[3][4]
Early life and education[edit]
Rapa was born in Northern Uganda and attended Catrin primary school and Amuca SDA secondary school where he dropped out of school in 2006 owing to financial challenges.
In 2007, Rapa moved to the capital city Kampala in search of employment. In Kampala, he first did odd jobs and later became a security guard with securex and security plus Uganda where among other areas he manned included Akamwesi hostel that near Makerere University business school.
In 2011 he joined the boda boda industry as a rider(motorcycle taxi operator)[2][5]
Career[edit]
During his time as a boda boda rider, Rapa decided to start a city tours company, he founded his first business “Kampala boda boda city tours” in 2013.
In the same year, Rapa lost a friend and fellow boda boda rider in an accident, this prompted him to be an advocate for road safety by actively promoting helmet wearing among motorcycle taxi riders and their passengers.
It was through this initiative that he met Maxime Dieudonne and Alastair Sussock and together co-founded Safe Boda in 2015.[2][5][6] Safe Boda was started with safety in mind.[7] Today Safe boda operates an academy that teaches motorcycle taxi operators safe riding.Safe Boda at the moment operates in Uganda, Rwanda, Kenya and Nigeria.[8][9][10][11] Through Safe Boda, motorcycle taxi operators have come to embrace and incorporate technology in their businesses.[12]
In 2018, Rapa was named by Forbes as one of the most promising young entrepreneurs in Africa for the year 2018.[4] He was also the recipient of the 2017 young achievers Award for business from “Reach a hand Uganda”.[13]
References[edit]
- ↑ "Ricky Rapa Thomson". Global Shakers. Retrieved 2022-02-21.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Story: Community-based mobile transportation app transforms Ugandan motorbike-taxi business". www.intracen.org. Retrieved 2022-02-21.
- ↑ "SafeBoda's Rapa Thomson Ricky named by Forbes among "30 Most Promising Young Entrepreneurs In Africa 2018"". Digest Africa. Retrieved 2022-02-21.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Nsehe, Mfonobong. "30 Most Promising Young Entrepreneurs In Africa 2018". Forbes. Retrieved 2022-02-21.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Rasmussen, Simon. "From boda boda rider to business empire; amazing story of Safeboda". The Observer – Uganda. Retrieved 2022-02-21.
- ↑ "Rapa Thompson Ricky one of the Co-founders of SafeBoda in Uganda shares their ambition to increase the Bodas :: Uganda Radionetwork". ugandaradionetwork.net. Retrieved 2022-02-21.
- ↑ Nantaba, Agnes (2017-09-19). "SafeBoda driving passenger safety". The Independent Uganda. Retrieved 2022-02-21.
- ↑ Ndiomewese, Ifeanyi (2018-08-16). "From Kampala to Nairobi, SafeBoda is taking on East Africa's public transport challenges". Techpoint Africa. Retrieved 2022-02-21.
- ↑ "The motorcycle ride-hailing wars in Nigeria and Uganda are SafeBoda's to lose". TechCrunch. Retrieved 2022-02-21.
- ↑ "Google announces investment in Safeboda to drive expansion in Africa". Technext. 2021-12-16. Retrieved 2022-02-21.
- ↑ "2 Weeks After Nigeria Launch, SafeBoda Hits 1 Million Users – Here's How The Startup Went From Zero To A Million". WeeTracker. 2020-03-17. Retrieved 2022-02-21.
- ↑ "How apps are transforming Uganda's motorbike taxis". BBC News. 2019-03-12. Retrieved 2022-02-21.
- ↑ "The 2017 Young Achievers Awards: We came, We saw and We Conquered". Reach A Hand Uganda. Retrieved 2022-02-21.
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