The Dubai-based app, called Hayi, aims to bring neighbours back together following months of uncertainty and restriction as a result of the Coronavirus pandemic.
Co-Founded by Rene Morgan and Chris Darnell, Hayi, which means neighbourhood in Arabic, is a new app that connects neighbours and communities with local businesses, creating a hyperlocal platform. The app is currently available in 13 test neighbourhoods across Dubai and already has nearly 2,300 users.
Once permitted, the app will organise a number of events including pet-friendly events, fitness boot camps and children’s workshops all with the hopes of bringing communities closer together both online and offline.
Rene Morgan comments: “We’re looking to partner and collaborate with a lot of the community managers around the region and we’ve already partnered with Nakheel.”
Chris Darnell adds: “Our vision is to digitise neighbourhoods – we can digitise the friendship experience through Facebook, the professional experience through LinkedIn, and now we see digitising neighbourhoods as the next step.”
