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Rwanda: All Kigali Taxi Motos to Use Cashless Payments
New Times, 28 May 2020
All taxi motos operating in Kigali will from June 1, use only cashless payment platforms when charging their clients, according to Rwanda UtilitiesRegulatory Authority (RURA). Read more »
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Rwanda: COVID-19 - Mass Testing for Taxi Moto Operators
New Times, 27 May 2020
Barely one week before the 'taxi motos' are back on the streets, about 1,000 of them have been tested for Covid-19 as the baseline, in a move government says will continue in the… Read more »
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Rwanda: No Plans to Modify Taxi-Motos, Rura Says
New Times, 26 May 2020
Rwanda Utilities Regulatory Authority (RURA) has on Monday, May 25 refuted rumors of an alleged plan to modify taxi-motos by setting up a board that separates passengers from their… Read more »
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Rwanda: Civil Weddings Permitted but Taxi-Motos, Upcountry Travel Still Banned for 15 Days
New Times, 19 May 2020
The cabinet on Monday, May 18, further eased the nationwide novel coronavirus lockdown but largely maintained existing measures to control the spread of the virus. Read more »
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Rwanda: Taxi-Motos to Go Cashless By May
New Times, 12 February 2020
The government has extended the deadline for taxi moto operators to go cashless to May 2020, The New Times has learnt. Read more »
All Kigali Motorcycle Taxis Go Cashless
The development is reportedly part of the national motorcycle transport strategy to introduce a cashless based payment system for taxi-moto operators building on the success of "Tap-and-go" payment system, which is deployed on public commuter buses in Kigali. The taxi motos are expected to resume operations on June 1, after they were temporarily suspended to curb the novel coronavirus pandemic.
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