Entrepreneur brings rent-a-bike app to Lagos
By Reuters
04 August 2019 |
3:35 pm
After spending time in Paris and using a bicycle as his main form of transport, a Nigerian entrepreneuer has developed a bike sharing app to try to cut down on pollution and traffic in Lagos.
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