TapTap Now’s food delivery service gains traction in Cap-Haïtien

CAP-HAÏTIEN — In the past year or so, coming home from work has been exhilarating for Milca Saint-Louis. Some afternoons, before she even reaches her front door in Cap-Haïtien, a TapTap Now delivery driver is already waiting outside with one of her favorite dishes from Lakay Bar Restaurant: kibi, an appetizer made with wheat and ground beef.

Instead of driving 15 minutes across the city and waiting nearly an hour for her order, Saint-Louis places it from her phone while still at work. Though food delivery has long been common elsewhere in the world, the service is only recently becoming part of daily life in Haiti’s second-largest city.