Waitlist open · pickup points being set up

Carpool from Yaba to Victoria Island

Yaba to VI is short on a map and long at 7:30 am. When rides start, you’ll share the drive over Third Mainland Bridge with verified professionals on your route. The waitlist is open and pickup points are being set up.

Yaba to Victoria Island

via Third Mainland Bridge

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The road: up onto Third Mainland

From Yaba the usual way to VI is onto Third Mainland Bridge at Adekunle, over the Lagos Lagoon, then across Lagos Island. When Third Mainland is locked, drivers use Eko Bridge instead; Carter Bridge is shut. On a clear morning it’s about 45 minutes by our rough estimate; one breakdown on the bridge and it’s anyone’s guess.

Yaba is Lagos’s tech district, between Unilag, Yabatech and the offices along Herbert Macaulay Way, and plenty of people here work on the Island. A carpool is one car making that trip instead of three or four.

Pickup points: being set up

Pickup points here are still being set up, at landmarks Yaba already uses, somewhere a car can pull in on the way to the bridge. Likely places include:

Unilag main gate, Akoka
Sabo
E-Centre, Commercial Avenue
Yabatech, Herbert Macaulay Way
Alagomeji
Victoria IslandDrop-off

These aren’t in road order yet: the order will follow the drive to the bridge once the points are set. Not near any of them? Join, choose Other and say where you’d wait.

Morning and evening times

Morning pickups are planned for 6:30 to 7:30 am, which gets you over the bridge before the worst of it. Heading home, cars will leave VI between 5:00 and 7:00 pm. You choose the time you usually leave when you join, and rides will only run between 5:00 am and 10:00 pm.

Every ride will be confirmed ahead: morning rides the evening before, rides home by 4:30 pm on the day. If someone can’t make it, Simbi, Ganusii’s WhatsApp assistant, will offer the seat to someone else on the route or tell everyone who is riding.

Ganusii: Riding tomorrow morning, Emeka? Your carpool on Yaba → Victoria Island picks up around 07:00 at Sabo, Yaba. Tap below to confirm your seat.18:00

Example of the 6:00 pm message, with a fictional member. Pickup points on this route are still being set up, so the place is only an example.

What a solo ride-hail costs today

Solo ride-hail, Yaba to VI, weekday morning

Being checked

We’re checking what a solo Bolt or Uber from Yaba to Victoria Island costs on a weekday morning, and will post the range here with the month.

Until then, price your own trip in Bolt or Uber at the time you usually leave. That’s the same guide Ganusii will show when you and your driver agree a fare.

How the fare is agreed

There’s no set Ganusii price during the pilot. Today’s solo ride-hail fare for the same trip is the guide. How fares work

Your offer
What you’d pay for a seat, one way.
Your driver’s ask
What they’d accept for a seat, one way.
Agreed fare
Everyone in the car pays the same, directly to the driver after each ride.

Verified people, and HELP on every ride

In an emergency, call 112 or 767 (Lagos emergency) first. Ganusii is not an emergency service. When you can, message HELP so the team knows.

Everyone will show a government-issued ID, take a live photo and confirm a work email before they ride; drivers also share their licence and vehicle details. When rides start, you can message HELP on any ride to report a safety concern or a car or trip issue, and the Ganusii team watches HELP from 5:00 am to 10:00 pm. Trust and safety in full

Questions about this route

How much is a carpool from Yaba to VI?

There’s no set Ganusii price. You say what you’d pay for a seat, one way, your driver says what they’d accept, and today’s fare for the same trip by solo ride-hail is the guide. You’ll pay your driver directly. We’re still checking today’s solo fare from Yaba to VI; until then, check Bolt or Uber at the time you leave.

Where will I be picked up in Yaba?

Pickup points on this route are being set up, at landmarks Yaba already uses, such as the Unilag main gate in Akoka, Sabo, E-Centre on Commercial Avenue, Yabatech on Herbert Macaulay Way and Alagomeji. You’re never picked up at your gate.

How long does Yaba to VI take by car?

About 45 minutes at peak on a clear morning, by our rough estimate, and Third Mainland Bridge decides most of it. When it’s locked, Eko Bridge can be quicker, and your driver decides on the day.

I work on the Marina, not VI. Which route is mine?

Yaba to Marina and Lagos Island is its own route on the waitlist. Choose Marina / Lagos Island as where you work when you join, and you’ll be matched with people going there once there are enough of you.

Are Ganusii carpools running from Yaba yet?

Not yet. The waitlist is open and the first route is Lekki / Ajah to Victoria Island; Yaba is on the waitlist. Carpools start on a route when enough verified drivers and riders are leaving around the same time.

I drive from Yaba to VI. Can I take riders?

Yes. Register your car and say how many seats you have. You earn from every seat you offer on the drive you already make, and you set your own ask for a seat, guided by today’s fare for the same trip. Drivers verify too: government ID, live photo, work email, licence and vehicle details.

Going from Yaba to Victoria Island?

Join the free waitlist with your route. It takes 2 minutes, after that everything happens on WhatsApp, and every signup on this route brings its first carpool closer.