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Flare — the Uber for Nairobi emergency calls

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Caroline Hoffmann
April 20, 2018

In the teeming metropolis of Nairobi, there are about 50 different emergency numbers, but no central dispatcher, and no guarantee that an ambulance will arrive. An Uber-style app now wants to make sure Nairobians can get an ambulance.

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