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We’re super excited to introduce the UAE’s first and only battery-swappable delivery bikes at scale. These beauties will be initially rolled out for the #Careem Quik Grocery service, followed by our Food and B2B deliveries in the coming months 💚 Have you spotted one on the roads of the UAE yet? 👀

Are you a coding maestro who can wield Java as effortlessly as a chef wields a spatula? 👨🏽🍳 Do you dream in algorithms and wake up thinking about data models and machine learning? 🤔 If you’re a fearless leader with a passion for taming big data and creating AI magic, we’ve got the perfect job for you 🚀 Want to know more or apply? Hit the link 👉🏽 https://lnkd.in/ekGiVWA6

We’re excited to welcome 50 fellows from Qimam Fellowship برنامج قمم -- Saudi Arabia’s leading programme dedicated to identifying, mentoring, and empowering outstanding Saudi university students – at our Riyadh office 🎓 Our co-founder Abdulla N. Elyas shared insights into his entrepreneurial journey leading up to cofounding #Careem, and answered questions from the students on Careem’s growth into a Super App, our future plans in Saudi Arabia, and his practical tips for entrepreneurs just starting their careers 🚀

Say hi to Ziad Al-Sergany, Senior Financial Planning Manager at #Careem 🔢 Ziad plays a pivotal role in overseeing financial planning and management activities across multiple markets, including Saudi Arabia, GCC, Egypt, Jordan, and Iraq. Ziad’s main source of inspiration is the profound impact that Careem has on millions of lives every day. “We're not just a mobility platform; we're a facilitator of connections, opportunities, and progress. It's incredibly motivating to see how our services simplify the daily lives of people. Whether it's getting someone to work on time, helping students reach their schools, or enabling families to spend more quality time together, Careem plays a role in making it all happen seamlessly,” says Ziad 🤝 For Ziad, the best part about working at Careem is the sense of purpose and responsibility that comes with being a homegrown company that serves as a catalyst for progress in the region. “It's about being part of something much larger than just a job; it's about being part of a transformative force that is shaping the future of the region. And this is where our core value - Responsible for our Communities – comes to life.” 💚

This month, #Careem’s Tech and Careem Pay leadership visited Karachi, Lahore, and Islamabad to celebrate the opening of our new office in Islamabad - our 20th tech site in the region! 🚀 They connected with our growing tech team in #Pakistan to discuss our Everything App expansion strategy. They also met Pakistani Government officials and top university representatives to explore partnerships aimed at strengthening Pakistan’s technology sector and fostering cutting-edge local research 🧠 Our commitment to Pakistan runs deep. Careem’s very first line of code was written in Karachi, and today, Pakistan stands as our largest emerging market tech hub with 172 engineering colleagues across three tech sites. These talented teams are at the forefront of building some of the most critical services in marketplace, fintech, e-commerce, security, and infrastructure for the region 🌏

This month, we challenged colleagues to come up with an AI-driven innovation to enhance our services in the first ever #Careem AI Hackathon, aka the GEN AI: Global Hack Challenge 🚀 The winners of the hackathon would have their idea implemented on the app 📲 Needless to say, Careemers LOVE a good challenge 💪🏽 By the end of the hackathon, we had 31 brilliant submissions and a total of 192 participants across five countries 🤯 This definitely made choosing one winning idea even harder. Can you guess what the winning idea was? Hint: it involves food 🍔

Congrats to Chase Lario, our VP of Groceries, for being featured in Retail ME's 2024 Yearbook of Top Grocery Voices in the MENA region! 🎉 Chase had a busy night, and also spoke at the Food and Business Forum 2024 on about the future of grocery delivery with a focus on AI, predictive analytics, and supply chain optimisation 🛒 Kudos to Chase and the #Careem Groceries team for a well-deserved recognition! 🚀

We're thrilled for the opportunity to participate and speak at the Amazon Web Services (AWS) Summit in the UAE, which brought together the best and brightest of the tech world in the region to learn and share ideas 💡 Sami Shabaneh, our Senior Site Reliability Engineer, wowed the audience with a deep dive into effective strategies used to build, manage, and operate scalable container workloads with AWS Karpenter at #Careem 🚀

We could simply tell you that with Careem Pay, you can send money to India, the UK, and more countries. Or, we could make a whole film about it 😉 Watch our latest campaign, Money at the Speed of Need, and decide for yourself: would you choose complicated, lengthy, and expensive transfers, or have your money sent to your loved ones in minutes, at 50% cheaper than banks? 💸 #Careem

Summer is here, and Careemers aren’t showing any signs of cooling down 🔥 Fueled by pasta, donuts, and pizza (no pineapple please and thank you) office parties, #Careem teams across the region absolutely crushed it in May with some exciting marketing campaigns, an epic AI hackathon, and a few awards here and there for good measure because that is how we roll 🥇 Let’s go June! 🚀