Yango Group
Dubai-headquartered technology group behind the Yango ride-hailing, delivery, super app, streaming and AI services, active in more than 30 countries. Started as a ride-hailing service in 2018.
Industry: Ride-hailing, delivery and digital services | Location: Dubai, United Arab Emirates | Founded: 2018
About Yango Group
Yango Group is a technology group headquartered in Dubai that offers ride-hailing, delivery, e-commerce, mapping, entertainment and artificial intelligence services. Its website says it operates in more than 30 countries across Europe, Africa, the Middle East, South Asia and Latin America. In October 2023 Interfax described Yango as the international division of Yandex.
Yango says it began in 2018 as a ride-hailing service. Between 2021 and 2022 Yango Ride expanded into the Middle East and South Asia, the group entered delivery and e-commerce, and Yango Tech was set up to serve retailers and enterprises. In 2023 and 2024 it launched Yasmina, an Arabic-speaking AI assistant, and Yango Play, a streaming service for the Middle East and North Africa. Daniil Shuleyko is chief executive.
Its product list includes Yango Ride, Drive and Rides for Business, a super app with food and parcel delivery, car rental, Yango Pay and maps, Yango Ads, Yango Tech and Yango Ventures. In its December 2025 impact report the group said partner drivers and couriers earned more than USD 4 billion through its services in 2024, with 1 million registered partner drivers.
In May 2025 Yango Play partnered with the UAE telecom operator du, and in August 2025 the group announced a Tier S Dubai AI Seal. In October 2025 it signed a memorandum with Etihad Rail Mobility on first- and last-mile rides at Etihad Rail stations. In January 2026 Dubai's Roads and Transport Authority and Yango announced a shared school transport pilot. In May 2026 Yango launched Yango Tech in Africa, with deployments begun in Mozambique and South Africa, and in June 2026 it expanded enterprise AI consulting in the UAE.
Yango Ventures is the group's corporate venture arm, investing from seed to Series B in Latin America, the Middle East, North Africa, Pakistan and Sub-Saharan Africa. It took part in the USD 2.8 million seed round of Fincart, as reported by TechScoop in July 2026. The pages read do not state the group's ownership or financial results, and no funding rounds for Yango Group itself were found.
Leadership
- Daniil Shuleyko, Chief Executive Officer, Yango Group
- Sergej Loiter, CEO of Search, AI and AdTech, Yango Group
- Adeniyi Adebayo, Chief Business Officer, Yango Group
- Islam Abdul Karim, Regional Head, Yango Group Middle East
- Alexander Merkushev, Head of AI Projects, Yango Tech