Zride

Smart taxi booking platform offering seamless ride requests, real-time tracking, secure payments, and dependable transportation for daily commuters.

Overview

Zride is a Nigerian on-demand taxi booking platform connecting riders with nearby drivers through real-time ride matching, live tracking, secure in-app payments, and seamless trip management. Built for both mobile and web users, the platform simplifies daily transportation for riders while helping drivers manage bookings, earnings, subscriptions, and availability through an efficient and reliable mobility ecosystem.

The Problem

Zride's original build wasn't architected to scale — every layer of the stack was creating friction for riders, drivers, and the operations team running the business.

Booking failures and lost ride requests - riders tapping 'book' and getting nothing back

Driver-rider matching and assignment bugs - wrong drivers assigned, or matches arriving too late

Real-time tracking dropouts - live location updates unreliable mid-ride

Multiple payment gateways handled inconsistently - leading to failed and dropped transactions

Driver payout and subscription billing issues - no reliable way to hold or restrict accounts on payment failure

13%

User engagement was low due to inefficient booking flow and lack of real-time system support.

The Solution

Flexion rebuilt Zride with reliable ride booking, stable payments, real-time tracking, improved driver management, and scalable transportation operations systems.

Migrated app state management from GetX to Bloc - scalable, predictable architecture

Rebuilt backend on Django REST Framework - stable, production-grade foundation

Re-integrated multiple payment gateways with consistent, reliable transaction handling

Built a dedicated React.js admin panel for driver management and operations

Shipped automated + admin-controlled driver subscription hold/restrict system

Rebuilt ride-booking, matching, and live-tracking flows for real-world reliability

User test results

87%

Success Rate

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Design System - Zride UI Palette

Typography / Font

Visual system tuned for a ride-booking experience — clear status colors for ride states (requested, matched, in-progress, completed) and high-contrast actions for fast in-trip decisions.

Primary Font: Instrument Sans

Primary Colours

#982220

#FFFFFF

#000000

#EBF3F8

#333333

Clarity in Every Widget.

Zride’s streamlined ride-booking experience connects riders with nearby drivers instantly — enabling seamless bookings, live tracking, secure payments, and reliable transportation without friction.