AK+4 min
Ama K.
★ 4.9 · 128 trips
AdentaAirport06:40
1 seat free
The ride to work,
already on its way.
UpRide matches you with commuters in Accra who are driving your route anyway, a nurse, a teacher, a bank clerk with empty seats. Pick the person, split the journey.
Accra, Ghana · Pilot corridors opening by demand
06:32
Going to Airport
Tomorrow, arrive by 08:00
WeekdaysMorning
3 commuters going your way
KO+7 min
Kwesi O.
★ 4.8 · 64 trips
AdentaAirport06:55
2 seats free
NA+9 min
Nana A.
★ 5.0 · 41 trips
MadinaAirport07:10
2 seats free
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Corridors the pilot is aiming at set by demand.
Adenta → AirportKasoa → Korle BuWeija → MallamAchimota → AirportSpintex → Central AccraKasoa → RidgeAburi → Central AccraTema → Accra CBD
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Price per trip — no tiers, no surge
3
Empty seats in a typical commuting car
0
Drivers dispatched — every one is asked
2
Ways to travel: daily Ride, intercity Trek
The supply
The seats already exist.
They just leave without anyone in them.
A car heading from Kasoa to Korle Bu at ten to six is going whether or not anyone else is in it. The fuel is bought, the traffic is sat through, and three of the four seats are doing nothing.
4
Seats in a typical saloon
1
Usually occupied at 7am
UpRide's job is to find the people whose journey fits inside that one, handle the introduction, the schedule and the money, and otherwise stay out of the way.
Everything the commute needs.
Nothing it doesn't.
No tiers, no surge, no dispatch. One flow, told in the order it happens.
01 — Your corridor
Publish the drive you already make.
Times, days, seats. Done.
If you drive to work, your commute is a corridor: where you start, where you finish, when you leave, how many seats you can spare. Publish it once and it repeats with your week.
Passengers never see your address your endpoints stay deliberately approximate.
06:40
Your corridor
Adenta → Airport
Leaves
06:40
MTWTFSS
Seats you can spare
3
Asking to join
YM+4 min
Yaa M.
picks up Adenta Barrier
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JB+12 min
Joe B.
picks up Madina Zongo
AcceptDecline
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02 — The match
Choose a person, not a price.
Every driver on your route costs the same.
Say where you're going and when, and see the commuters whose own journey passes yours who they are, their rating, what time they leave, and how far off their way you take them.
They accept or decline. When they accept, you have a ride.
06:32
Going to Airport
Tomorrow, arrive by 08:00
WeekdaysMorning
3 commuters going your way
AK+4 min
Ama K.
★ 4.9 · 128 trips
AdentaAirport06:40
1 seat free
KO+7 min
Kwesi O.
★ 4.8 · 64 trips
AdentaAirport06:55
2 seats free
NA+9 min
Nana A.
★ 5.0 · 41 trips
MadinaAirport07:10
2 seats free
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03 — The trip
Board with a code. Tracked till you arrive.
Someone you trust can watch the whole way.
A digital pass confirms you're the person who booked. The trip is live-tracked, messages stay in the app so nobody trades phone numbers, and emergency contacts are one tap away.
06:41
On the way
Ama is 3 min away
AdentaAirport
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Confirms you're the person who booked
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Ama K.
Silver Toyota Corolla
Sharing trip with Efua
She can follow you until you arrive
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04 — Trek · intercity
Going further? Book a departure.
Fixed time, fixed seats pick a run, not a person.
Trek is intercity travel and works the other way round: a driver posts a scheduled run with a set departure and a set number of seats, and you reserve one. Closer to a coach than a carpool.
05:48
Trek
Leaving from Accra
Scheduled runs
Accra → Kumasi
06:00Fri 12 Sep5 of 14 left
Accra → Cape Coast
07:30Sat 13 Sep11 of 14 left
Accra → Tamale
05:30Fri 19 Sep12 of 18 left
Accra → Takoradi
06:15Sat 20 SepSold out
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Made for how
Accra gets to work.
These are the mornings UpRide is designed around.
Nurses
Morning shift starts at seven, and the trotro decides if you make it.
A driver on the Kasoa–Korle Bu corridor leaves 05:55, Monday to Saturday. Same seat, same time, booked for the week.
Teachers
You know your timetable a term in advance. Your transport doesn't.
A recurring weekly plan on your corridor, with a person you chose not whoever the app dispatches that morning.
Drivers
Three empty seats to the Airport, every single morning.
Publish the drive, see who fits inside it, accept only what works. A journey you were making anyway starts paying its own share.
Shift workers
Nights, rotations, a 7pm start — the 9-to-5 apps aren't built for it.
Corridors carry the times their drivers actually travel, including the ones that start when everyone else is going home.
Before you get in
A stranger's car is a big ask.
Here's the answer.
Everything below is in the product today not a roadmap. Drivers are commuters, not professionals.
Drivers are approved before they carry anyone
Identity documents, a photo of the driver, and a photo of the vehicle, checked before they can appear anywhere. Nobody shows up in a search result unapproved.
You choose the driver
Who they are, their rating, how many trips they have completed, their vehicle, and where their own journey runs — all before you request anything.
A driver's route is approximate on purpose
Corridors are shown to passengers as a rough line, never an exact address. Home and workplace are deliberately blurred. A driver's home address is not the price of offering someone a lift.
Live tracking while the trip is running
Follow the journey as it happens, and share it with someone if you want to.
Messaging stays in the app
Arrange a pickup without anyone handing over a phone number.
Boarding is confirmed with a code
A digital pass, so the person getting into the car is the person who booked the seat.
06:12
AK
Ama K.
★ 4.9 · 128 trips · joined 2024
Identity & vehicle approvedHer commute
AdentaAirport
Approximate route — endpoints are not exact
Vehicle
Silver Toyota Corolla
1 seat free
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