Motorbike taxi apps jostle for trade on crowded Lagos roads

An ORide driver decked out in a bib and a helmet in the company's colours driving a client past motorbikes parked at the company headquarters in Lagos. A growing number of ride hailing services have stepped into the city's traffic chaos – bringing order to the 'okada' motorbike taxis that have long whizzed perilously around Lagos. — AFP

LAGOS: Banker Yemi Adegbola used to leave his home in Lagos before 4am each day, but would still arrive late to work because of the notorious traffic in Nigeria's biggest city.

Now he says he has "dumped his car" for one of a raft of new motorbike ride hailing apps that developers hope can speed up journeys for the roughly 20 million residents of the economic capital.