Careem signs MOU with Qatar’s Ministry of Transportation and Communications

Careem, the region's leading car booking app, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Ministry of Transport and Communications to regulate and license the ride-hailing service technology in Qatar.

The MOU follows recent moves by the authorities in Qatar to regulate the rapidly expanding transportation industry.

HE Sheikh Hamad bin Ghanim Al Thani, Director of the Quality Performance Department for Land Transportation Services division and Ibrahim Manna, General Manager at Careem, signed an agreement allowing the popular car-hailing app to connect Careem Captains (drivers) to customers.

Careem is currently the first and only car booking platform to have completed this step required by the Qatari authorities.

"We’ve been proactively working with the Ministry of Transport and Communication to understand the regulations set forth and to ensure that we’re fully compliant,” said Manna.

CAREEM entered the Qatari market in 2014. With three million registered users from more than 28 cities in the MENA region and Pakistan, along with an increasing fleet of more than 50,000 Captains, Careem is re-inventing the current state of transportation.