Square Eats is an

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and delivery platform founded in Botswana operating in the African region. Square Eats is one of several

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in Africa that uses

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services to offer food delivery from restaurants and stores that previously did not offer delivery on-demand. It currently operates in the African countries of Botswana, Namibia, and South Africa.

History

It is headquartered in

Gaborone Gaborone ( , , ) is the capital and largest city of Botswana with a population of 246,325 based on the 2022 census, about 10% of the total population of Botswana. Its agglomeration is home to 421,907 inhabitants at the 2011 census. Gaboron ...

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Service

Square Eats facilitates delivery from various merchant partners to its customers through either a

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app, available on

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and

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platforms, or via their website. The food business allows users to find and place orders with their favourite restaurants which is picked up when ready and delivered to the user's doorstep.

Operations

COVID-19 initiative

By mid-2020, in the middle of the

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where demand for services delivering items surged, Square Eats announced it had "stockpiled thousands of gloves and bottles of hand sanitizer" and was offering them to delivery drivers for free. The company also said it had changed the default drop-off option to contactless delivery. Square Eats became the fastest growing meal delivery service during the course of the pandemic in Botswana.

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