{"id":460,"date":"2025-03-31T20:56:09","date_gmt":"2025-03-31T19:56:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/techstream.africa\/?p=460"},"modified":"2025-03-31T20:56:09","modified_gmt":"2025-03-31T19:56:09","slug":"tunisia-shuts-down-bolt-and-heetch-amid-plans-for-government-backed-ride-hailing-app","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/techstream.africa\/?p=460","title":{"rendered":"Tunisia Shuts Down Bolt and Heetch Amid Plans for Government-Backed Ride-Hailing App"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"299\" height=\"168\" src=\"https:\/\/techstream.africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/img_7021-1.png\" class=\"wp-image-459\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"p1\">Tunisia is reportedly shutting down Bolt, Heetch, and other foreign taxi-hailing services as part of a government plan to introduce a state-backed ride-hailing platform. The move follows corruption investigations into these companies, with authorities accusing them of money laundering, tax evasion, and operating without proper licenses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"p3\">Sources suggest the shutdown is a strategic move to eliminate foreign competition ahead of the government\u2019s planned national ride-hailing app, set to launch by June 2025. Unlike existing platforms, the new app will enforce taximeter fares and aims to offer affordable and well-regulated services.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"p3\">However, concerns are growing as ride-hailing services are crucial to Tunisia\u2019s struggling public transport system, with 54% of citizens relying on them weekly. Critics argue the crackdown lacks legal backing and could set a dangerous precedent for market competition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"p3\">Read the full news here: <a href=\"https:\/\/technext24.com\/2025\/03\/26\/tunisia-shut-down-bolt-heetch-govt-app\/\">Technext<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tunisia is reportedly shutting down Bolt, Heetch, and other foreign taxi-hailing services as part of a government plan to introduce a state-backed ride-hailing platform. The move follows corruption investigations into these companies, with authorities accusing them of money laundering, tax evasion, and operating without proper licenses. Sources suggest the shutdown is a strategic move to&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-460","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/techstream.africa\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/460","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/techstream.africa\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/techstream.africa\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/techstream.africa\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/techstream.africa\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=460"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/techstream.africa\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/460\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":461,"href":"https:\/\/techstream.africa\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/460\/revisions\/461"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/techstream.africa\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=460"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/techstream.africa\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=460"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/techstream.africa\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=460"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}