SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Indonesian ride-hailer and payments firm Gojek is experiencing a rise in food delivery orders but a fall in rides across Southeast Asia as it readies measures to help merchants and drivers deal with the coronavirus outbreak, co-CEO Andre Soelistyo said on Tuesday.
Having evolved from a ride-hailing service founded in 2010 to a one-stop app via which users can make online payments and order food and services, the $10 billion firm is active in 4 countries and owns a startup e-wallet app in the Philippines.
“In Singapore, the drop is less significant than expected” Soelistyo told Reuters in an interview. “In Vietnam the impact has been more severe, we see food delivery increasing, while transport is reducing. It’s been similar in Thailand”
Soelistyo said the company had seen the same trends in its main market of Indonesia and expected those dynamics to increase as the capital Jakarta goes into a two-week emergency period.
He told Reuters Gojek had…
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