Rural Community in Oyo State Impacted By High-Tech Health Care Aid From MAX
NIGERIA –30/08/2022 — Metro Africa Xpress Inc. (MAX), Africa’s premier vehicle subscription platform and commercial driver community, today announced that, as part of its commitment to touch the lives of local dwellers across Africa, it has donated a high-powered three-wheeler to Korede, a rural community on the outskirts of Ibadan, Oyo state.
The three-wheeler also known as “Tuk-Tuk” or “Keke,” will serve the community as a much-needed ambulance. A representative of Korede, expressing his delight, said that “We are truly grateful for this gift that the people at MAX have given to us. Most of the time, we have to carry people, including pregnant women, to the clinic in the neighbouring town on foot. It is a really wonderful thing that a company like MAX was thinking about us, and we hope other programs like this continue to come to our village”.
Executive Director, MAX, Guy-Bertrand Njoya, explained that “Several rural areas in Africa experience particular difficulties with regard to healthcare. MAX is constantly contemplating ideas to enhance not only the lives of our driver community but also those of the wider populace. This served as the prime motivator behind the initiative.”
He continued by saying, “One of the things we feel more entities should think about is how to make our communities healthier places to live. We believe that innovations in technology in multiple areas can serve as a catalyst to transform health care in rural Africa. We are aware that a simple piece of machinery like this three-wheeler, dedicated solely to emergency responses in their healthcare system, can make a significant difference in Korede”.
About MAX
MAX is building the largest vehicle subscription and financial services platform for transport operators and drivers across Africa. MAX’s proprietary technology enables informal Drivers with no banking history to access vehicles (including electric vehicles), insurance, digital wallets, and e-Hailing services on a subscription basis.
MAX developed a proprietary credit engine that uses alternative data to provide credit scores and vehicle subscriptions to both banked and unbanked gig-economy drivers. The company continues its activities on its route to catering for 100 million Africans.
