--- title: Taxi industry bets on digital payments to modernise... description: South Africa's minibus taxi industry is modernizing through digital payments to replace manual processes and generate operational data. Santaco is piloting... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/taxi-industry-bets-on-digital-payments-to-modernise-operations-zxdcnc59u twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Taxi industry bets on digital payments to modernise operations | daily.dev og:description: South Africa's minibus taxi industry is modernizing through digital payments to replace manual processes and generate operational data. Santaco is piloting... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/taxi-industry-bets-on-digital-payments-to-modernise-operations-zxdcnc59u og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/zxdcnc59u.png og:image:alt: Taxi industry bets on digital payments to modernise operations og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Taxi industry bets on digital payments to modernise operations **[TechCentral](https://daily.dev/sources/techcentral)** · 5 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary South Africa's minibus taxi industry is modernizing through digital payments to replace manual processes and generate operational data. Santaco is piloting initiatives including in-vehicle Wi-Fi, breathalyzer ignition locks, seat booking systems, and a centralized driver database. Digital payments will enable integration with other public transport systems and provide data needed for government subsidies, financial partnerships, and fleet management. The industry faces funding challenges and relies on government and private sector partnerships to implement these solutions at scale. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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