Quickcart, Jamaica’s leading food and grocery delivery company which opened in Trinidad and Tobago this month, has now publicly confirmed that they will soon enter the Ride-Share Market to compete with well-known global brands Uber, InDrive and other local brands Travelr Taxi.
QuickCart CEO Monique Powell in a Tweet said. ” #Soon. We’re talking a little longer than expected because we decided to invest a little more time to make sure we offer the safest possible product for both “renters” and “landlords”.. #CaribbeanTech #QuickCartRides “
Buoyed by fresh investment from Kevin Donaldson’s Jamaican private equity firm Roots Financial, which bought shares held by several investors and took a 40 percent stake in the company, QuickCart is being backed by Hugo, 7KRave, CutDiLine and recently RoadJockey in high competition. online food ordering and delivery marketplace. It will now seek to leverage its current market leadership position to enter the travel share market.
We first reported that QuickCart would be entering the ride-share market many months ago, and we’ve seen competition develop in the Jamaican ride-share app market over the past year.
We wrote about Uber Vs Indrive – who will win the market with updates on what Uber and Indrive (formerly InDriver) have been doing recently in the market to satisfy their market of drivers and riders.
It’s interesting to note that Jamaica’s adoption of ride-sharing and online ordering apps and platforms was accelerated by the pandemic for sure… but it also highlights the apparent inefficiencies and opportunities in the Jamaican Digital Economy when it comes to using technology to made things easier, faster. and cheaper for Jamaicans in the transportation, restaurant and food retail sectors with e-commerce, digital payments and logistics.
The growing Jamaican digital culture has also created many money-making opportunities for entrepreneurial entrepreneurs and small businesses. It’s time for the Caribbean’s largest English-speaking nation of three million people.
