{"id":16089,"date":"2019-09-24T09:53:54","date_gmt":"2019-09-24T05:53:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.middleeastevents.com\/blog\/?p=16089"},"modified":"2019-09-24T09:53:54","modified_gmt":"2019-09-24T05:53:54","slug":"careem-expands-operations-in-iraq-entering-mosul-serving-the-east-bank","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.middleeastevents.com\/blog\/careem-expands-operations-in-iraq-entering-mosul-serving-the-east-bank\/","title":{"rendered":"Careem Expands Operations In Iraq, Entering Mosul Serving The East Bank"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"normal\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span lang=\"EN\">Careem, the region\u2019s leading internet platform with ride-hailing, deliveries and payments services, has launched operations in Mosul, Iraq. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"normal\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span lang=\"EN\">Initially offering ride-hailing services only, Careem plans to roll out its full suite of services in line with its vision of becoming the region\u2019s everyday super app. Having been in Iraq since January 2018, Careem has identified local market nuances and has developed solutions to overcome them &#8211; from the need to complement Google Maps\u2019 work, Careem has mapped over 15,000 locations and has created a \u2018lighter\u2019 booking option allowing customers to book a ride via Whatsapp.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"normal\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span lang=\"EN\">In a market where transportation infrastructure is lacking, Careem will provide tech-enabled mobility options and will offer new, flexible earning opportunities to the local economy as well as direct employment for Careem employees in the market. Careem\u2019s entry into the market will also provide stimulus to the advertising economy, with the majority of Careem\u2019s marketing efforts to be spent in traditional media. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"normal\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span lang=\"EN\">Mohamed Al-Hakim, GM of Careem Iraq said: \u201cCareem is a purpose-driven company, and simplifying and improving lives across the region is what drives us. Iraq is going through a period of immense transformation and change right now, as infrastructure is rebuilt and life begins to return to normal. When Careem enters a market, we provide a wealth of new income opportunities as well as mobility solutions that make it easier for people and things to move around a city. We hope that our entry will spur other companies to follow suit.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-16090\" src=\"https:\/\/www.middleeastevents.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/6-2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"240\" height=\"159\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-16091\" src=\"https:\/\/www.middleeastevents.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/6A.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"240\" height=\"160\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Careem, the region\u2019s leading internet platform with ride-hailing, deliveries and payments services, has launched operations in Mosul, Iraq. Initially offering ride-hailing services only, Careem plans to roll out its full suite of services in line with its vision of becoming the region\u2019s everyday super app. Having been in Iraq since January 2018, Careem has identified [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":16090,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16089","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.middleeastevents.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16089","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.middleeastevents.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.middleeastevents.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.middleeastevents.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.middleeastevents.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16089"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.middleeastevents.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16089\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16092,"href":"https:\/\/www.middleeastevents.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16089\/revisions\/16092"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.middleeastevents.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16090"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.middleeastevents.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16089"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.middleeastevents.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16089"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.middleeastevents.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16089"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}