Suppose you’re an investor in Kenya who decides to buy a taxi. A fresh import vehicle costs over KSh 1.2 million. You join a ride‑hailing app, and then the first request comes. You get 5 seconds to decide. That’s it. Imagine putting everything on the line – your savings, your car, your devices, your livelihood – and being forced to make a life‑altering decision in the time it takes to blink twice. And what do you actually see in those 5 seconds? A zoomed‑out map with vague pickup and drop‑off locations. First name. A rating – if you’re lucky. No information about traffic. And you could be driving, parked, or juggling two things at once – the clock doesn’t care. Try to decline. Try to delay. You’ll be warned, shadow‑banned, or have your account closed immediately. You and the platform? Done. Destroyed inside out. And then how will you find another job? “Just enable auto‑accept,” you say? You could – but that works against you. The algorithm ignores distance to pickup, traffic jams, and ...