Careem Stories Archives

5 reasons you shouldn’t join Careem (and a lot more reasons you should!)

June 7, 2023

We’re excited to finally share our investment prospectus (a fancy term for an employee pitchbook) with the region’s most ambitious talent! If you’re looking for an opportunity to unlock your full potential, challenge yourself beyond your imagination, and make a...

The Careem Effect: How our alumni are shaping the region’s startup landscape

June 1, 2023

Over a decade ago, we embarked on a mission to simplify lives and build an awesome organisation that inspires. Little did we know that we’d also cultivate a community of talented entrepreneurs, driven to revolutionise multiple industries across the region. ...

Calling UAE Nationals to register as Careem Captains

January 6, 2019

Careem Captains are the soul of Careem and as we are from the region and for the region and are always looking for ways to create new opportunities in the market. In collaboration with TransAD, we were delighted to recently...

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70 things that Careem did in 2018

December 31, 2018

It’s been a big year for Careem, from launching into new countries and enabling women to become Captains in Saudi Arabia to charity initiatives and whole new verticals of business, we’ve been working hard to improve lives all across the...

Careem Captains create largest GPS-tracked message for National Day

December 2, 2018

Careem Captains planned unique routes in Dubai and Abu Dhabi to create these digital images in celebration of the 47th UAE national day. To create a specific route that allowed us to spell out our message using the streets of...

The changing face of Saudi’s Careem Captains – and how that is helping society

September 20, 2018

Careem Saudi launched in October 2013 and in the nearly five years we’ve been in the Kingdom we have seen some significant changes. Our growth across the MENA region is driving affordability and choice which is, of course, a good thing…...

An oral history of Careem’s launch

August 29, 2018

One of the things Careem aims to do is to inspire other tech start-ups in the region. So, we thought it might be nice to show that while Careem is now a large tech company, its origins were humble and in...

We’ve helped over 3,000 Captains in Pakistan become car owners… here’s how we did it.

August 9, 2018

Captains are the lifeblood of Careem. When we started Careem just over six years ago we did so with only 25 Captains in Dubai – soon we will have a million Captains in over 100 cities in 14 countries. Careem...

Why the Careem app is more than just a tool for ride hailing

August 2, 2018

You know the Careem app. And in the last six years at Careem we have built a large ride-hailing business, but what we’ve really built is a large Internet business. Careem is a tech company first and foremost, and in...