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With Funsho Arogundade
When a man has mastered the art of building, it is perhaps only natural that his next ambition should be to build something entirely different. For Otunba Hakeem Alobo-Bakare, the Lagos-born construction czar, innovation appears to have become a way of life.
Tall, charismatic and effortlessly commanding attention, Alobo-Bakare is one of those businessmen whose reputation has been built not merely on the size of his ventures, but on consistency, professionalism and an enviable eye for opportunity. Having made his mark in the construction industry, the businessman is now taking another audacious leap, this time into the fast-moving world of e-hailing.
Come November 2026, HABRide, his latest business venture, is expected to hit the Lagos market with an ambitious promise to shake up the mobility space. And, true to Alobo-Bakare’s entrepreneurial temperament, HABRide is not arriving quietly. The wholly Nigerian-owned mobility platform is designed to offer passengers more convenient and transparent transportation while giving drivers what many in the industry consider its missing ingredient: better earning opportunities.
With plans to accommodate cars, dispatch motorcycles and pickup vans, HABRide is positioning itself across passenger transportation, courier services and logistics. There is also a digital wallet that could allow Nigerians in the diaspora to fund rides for relatives back home, including elderly family members.
For Alobo-Bakare, HABRide is another chapter in a business journey defined by bold ideas and an unwillingness to do things halfway. Now, all eyes are on November, when the businessman’s latest innovation takes to Lagos’ roads.
