Events

The taxi industry in South Africa plays a crucial role in the transportation of commuters, with over 15 million people relying on it daily, according to the Statistics SA 2020 Household Survey. However, the industry is informal and in need of regulation and formalization. The South African government has initiated a host of initiatives to make the industry viable and free of violence.

With Government’s best laid out plans and wishes for the taxi industry, its formalization and professionalization will ultimately rest at the feet of the taxi industry itself.

Re-shaping the future of the taxi industry must be guided by the industry’s commitment to implement practical and achievable business practices, that would truly change the fortunes of the industry in a meaningful way. South Africa’s taxi industry is estimated to generate an excess of R50 billion per annum, and unfortunately still remains a consumer rather than an owner and a driver of its own value chain.

The aim of this Indaba is to gather major role players within the taxi industry under the same roof to discuss pertinent issues that affect the taxi industry such as:

· Unpacking practical and realistic investment opportunities that are available within the taxi industry value chain.

· Unpacking business compliance

· Unpacking industry compliance

· Unpacking business and taxi finance

· Capacity building for the taxi industry

And so much more.

Event objective

The primary objective of this event is to bring together the key players in the taxi industry, the taxi owners as well as their suppliers under one roof to a have meaningful interaction.

Event dates

· 25 October 2023

Event Format

The event will be broken down into the following sessions:

· Plenary: where presentations will be made

· Commissions: where different topics will be discussed in closed sessions

· Exhibition: which will be open to the general taxi industry public and will run concurrently with the plenary as well as commission sessions.

Venue and Target Audience:

Final venues TBC, however, the primary audience that will be attending the event will be leadership of the various taxi associations, with the sheer number of members in each of the regions. We will be capping our guest list of delegates to the conference portion of the event to 1500 individuals, the exhibition will however not have a limit to the number of attendees that can attend.

Exhibitors

Aside from our partners and corporate sponsors, we are anticipating a host of other exhibitors, all of whom are suppliers or interested parties to the taxi industry in one form or another. This will include Government Departments, Governments Entities, Private as well as Civic organizations.