Swvl expands to Saudi Arabia 

Swvl expands to Saudi Arabia 

Egypt-founded mass transportation startup Swvl, has expanded to Saudi Arabia to serve the corporate and business sector.

The Kingdom will be Swvl's sixth market in the Menap region after Egypt, Kenya, Pakistan, Jordan, and the UAE.

Founded in 2017 by Mostafa Kandil, Ahmed Sabbah and Mahmoud Nouh, Swvl enables users to book rides on buses at a fixed rate. The company relocated its headquarters to Dubai after raising $175 million.

Both Sabbah and Nouh left Swvl to pursue their own startups in the fintech space. 

The company claims to provide the best means of daily mass employee transportation, by customising routes and destinations per different company requirements, to over 100 companies.

Press release:

Swvl, an international Dubai-based tech startup extends its Mass Transit solutions for businesses to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, serving the corporate and business sector as a Saudi limited company. The Kingdom would be Swvl's sixth market after its success across nine major cities in the MENAP, Egypt, Kenya, Pakistan, Jordan, and the UAE, since its establishment back in 2017.

Through this service, Swvl provides the best means of daily mass employee transportation, by customising routes and destinations per different company requirements, to over 100 companies ranging