Yango drivers promote road safety in Namibia

By: Ritta Lotto

Yango Group is strengthening its focus on road safety in Namibia, with partner drivers emerging as advocates for responsible driving and safer communities. Through professional standards, app-based safety features, and a passenger-first approach, they are helping shape a culture of safety on Namibian roads.

“Yango is safe for drivers and also for the customers. I have driven for them for a long time and haven’t experienced anything dangerous,” says partner driver Aoxamub Kiandro.

Christof Amunkete, who has been with Yango for two years, highlights the app’s safety tools and the culture of accountability: “If you get in a situation of danger as a driver, there’s a feature called the SOS button. Every ride is monitored and every user is identifiable. Passengers can share their ride with someone else, and if you forget something in the car, you can track it, and the driver will return it, I have personally returned a few lost items.”

A Yango passenger, Selma N adds: “The app lets me share my trip with my family, and I can see the driver’s details before getting in. The drivers are professional and respectful, and I feel safe even late at night.”

With a 40% drop in reckless driving complaints and over 90% of riders considering the app safe, Yango’s combination of technology and driver accountability is helping build safer roads across Namibia.