Public policy & government relations
Mobility is becoming Windhoek's challenge. We want to be part of the answer.
NamCab engages openly with the Ministry of Works and Transport, the City of Windhoek and local authorities across Namibia — on road safety, congestion, formalising the transport sector, and putting real mobility data behind public decisions.
Where we stand
Our positions
Congestion is solved by sharing, not widening
Windhoek cannot build its way out of peak-hour traffic. More people per vehicle — pooled school runs, carpooled commutes, shared church trips — is the fastest, cheapest road capacity the city can add. Our products are built around that arithmetic.
E-hailing should be clearly regulated
We support a fit-for-purpose legal framework for digitally dispatched passenger transport in Namibia. Clear rules protect passengers, drivers and compliant operators — and we already enforce driver vetting, vehicle documentation, fare transparency and trip records by system design.
Formalisation should uplift, not displace
The informal taxi sector moves Namibia today. Digitisation should bring its drivers and operators into the formal economy — digital earnings records, receipted fares, accredited operator status — rather than replace them. Drivers keep 75% of every fare on our platform; transfer operators keep 93%.
Mobility data belongs in the planning process
We offer government anonymised, aggregated mobility insights — demand corridors, school-gate pressure, unmet demand — at no cost, under data-sharing agreements. Policy should be made on evidence, and platforms like ours generate it daily.
School transport deserves a safety standard
Children are the most vulnerable passengers on the road. Vetted dedicated drivers, live run tracking and per-child boarding confirmations should become the norm for school transport — we have built them, and we invite government to hold the sector to that bar.
Local platforms keep value in Namibia
Commissions, jobs, data and taxes from Namibian mobility should stay in Namibia. We are Namibian-owned and built our platform here — and we believe procurement and policy should recognise that difference.
How we engage
What we bring to the table
Pilots, measured jointly
Schoolpool routes at congested school gates, carpool corridors on peak commutes, event mobility plans — with before/after results reported together with the authority.
Data-sharing agreements
Recurring anonymised mobility reports for transport planners — demand corridors, service gaps, sector indicators — at no cost to government.
A live technical reference
A working Namibian platform on which licensing, vetting and safety requirements can be tested in software before they are written into regulation.
Our commitments are verifiable in the product: driver vetting with tracked document expiry, live trip records, per-child school-run confirmations, and published data-processing practices and marketplace terms.
Represent a ministry, municipality or authority?
We'll gladly brief your team, propose a measurable pilot, or set up a data-sharing conversation.
Contact our government relations team