DUBAI: The UAE鈥檚 Careem, a ride hailing application, is set to sign up around 1,000 Saudi women drivers for its expansion plan in the Kingdom, according to its co-founder, Thomson Reuters鈥� Zawya website reported.
鈥淲e foresee very strong growth in 萝莉视频, both in the cities where we already have presence today and in the new cities we plan to expand to as well,鈥� Magnus Olsson, co-founder of Careem, told Zawya in an interview.
萝莉视频鈥檚 King Salman lifted the de-facto ban on women driving in the Kingdom in September last year, with the decree set to be implemented on June 24, 2018.
鈥淲e are very excited about this June, it is a big milestone for the country. We have already started training female captains and we hope to get up to 100,000 female captains on board within a year from June,鈥� Olsson said.
Olsson also said that nearly 1,000 Saudi women have already signed up and are currently in training.
The push also aids Saudi women鈥檚 struggles in the job market, with 80 percent of unemployed citizens comprised of women, according to the most recent official figures.