Ride-hailing service with women drivers only gains popularity in Ethiopia

STORY: Ride-hailing service with women drivers only gains popularity in Ethiopia DATELINE: April 20, 2022 LENGTH: 00:00:00 LOCATION: Addis Ababa CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the women drivers 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Amharic): MERON MENGISTIE, Driver at Seregela Taxi Ride Service 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Amharic): MERON MENGISTIE, Driver at Seregela Taxi Ride Service 4. SOUNDBITE 3 (Amharic): MERON MENGISTIE, Driver at Seregela Taxi Ride Service 5. SOUNDBITE 4 (Amharic): HAILU ZERGAW, Fleet manager at Seregela Taxi Ride Service 6. SOUNDBITE 5 (Amharic): HAILU ZERGAW, Fleet manager at Seregela Taxi Ride Service 7. SOUNDBITE 6 (Amharic): BLEN MEHARI, Driver at Seregela Taxi Ride Service STORYLINE: As a growing number of ride-hailing companies vie to penetrate the untapped market in Ethiopia, a company with women drivers only is recently gaining popularity in the country's male-dominated sector and making a good profit. Meron Mengistie is one of the 150 women drivers at the Seregela Taxi Ride Service, which so

ETHIOPIA-ADDIS ABABA-FEMALE TAXI DRIVER

ETHIOPIA-ADDIS ABABA-FEMALE TAXI DRIVER

(220419) -- ADDIS ABABA, April 19, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Hailu Zergaw, fleet manager of Seregela Taxi Ride Service, speaks during an interview with Xinhua in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on March 29, 2022. As a growing number of ride-hailing companies vie to penetrate the untapped market in Ethiopia, one company with women drivers only is recently gaining popularity in the country's male-dominated sector and making a good profit. TO GO WITH Feature: Ride-hailing service with women drivers only gains popularity in Ethiopia (Xinhua/Michael Tewelde)

ETHIOPIA-ADDIS ABABA-FEMALE TAXI DRIVER

ETHIOPIA-ADDIS ABABA-FEMALE TAXI DRIVER

(220419) -- ADDIS ABABA, April 19, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken on March 29, 2022 shows a car of Seregela Taxi Ride Service (L) in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. As a growing number of ride-hailing companies vie to penetrate the untapped market in Ethiopia, one company with women drivers only is recently gaining popularity in the country's male-dominated sector and making a good profit. TO GO WITH Feature: Ride-hailing service with women drivers only gains popularity in Ethiopia (Xinhua/Michael Tewelde)

ETHIOPIA-ADDIS ABABA-FEMALE TAXI DRIVER

ETHIOPIA-ADDIS ABABA-FEMALE TAXI DRIVER

(220419) -- ADDIS ABABA, April 19, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A female phone operator works at the call center of Seregela Taxi Ride Service in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, March 29, 2022. As a growing number of ride-hailing companies vie to penetrate the untapped market in Ethiopia, one company with women drivers only is recently gaining popularity in the country's male-dominated sector and making a good profit. TO GO WITH Feature: Ride-hailing service with women drivers only gains popularity in Ethiopia (Xinhua/Michael Tewelde)

ETHIOPIA-ADDIS ABABA-FEMALE TAXI DRIVER

ETHIOPIA-ADDIS ABABA-FEMALE TAXI DRIVER

(220419) -- ADDIS ABABA, April 19, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Blen Mehari, a female driver of Seregela Taxi Ride Service, stands in front of a car in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on March 29, 2022. As a growing number of ride-hailing companies vie to penetrate the untapped market in Ethiopia, one company with women drivers only is recently gaining popularity in the country's male-dominated sector and making a good profit. TO GO WITH Feature: Ride-hailing service with women drivers only gains popularity in Ethiopia (Xinhua/Michael Tewelde)

ETHIOPIA-ADDIS ABABA-FEMALE TAXI DRIVER

ETHIOPIA-ADDIS ABABA-FEMALE TAXI DRIVER

(220419) -- ADDIS ABABA, April 19, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Meron Mengistie, a female driver of Seregela Taxi Ride Service, drives a car in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, March 29, 2022. As a growing number of ride-hailing companies vie to penetrate the untapped market in Ethiopia, one company with women drivers only is recently gaining popularity in the country's male-dominated sector and making a good profit. TO GO WITH "Feature: Ride-hailing service with women drivers only gains popularity in Ethiopia" (Xinhua/Michael Tewelde)

ETHIOPIA-ADDIS ABABA-FEMALE TAXI DRIVER

ETHIOPIA-ADDIS ABABA-FEMALE TAXI DRIVER

(220419) -- ADDIS ABABA, April 19, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A female driver of Seregela Taxi Ride Service drives in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on March 29, 2022. As a growing number of ride-hailing companies vie to penetrate the untapped market in Ethiopia, one company with women drivers only is recently gaining popularity in the country's male-dominated sector and making a good profit. TO GO WITH Feature: Ride-hailing service with women drivers only gains popularity in Ethiopia (Xinhua/Michael Tewelde)