Since its launch in September in Sub-Saharan Africa, Uber has signed up 1.8 million active riders and 29,000 active driver-partners with South Africa leading the pack with 969 000 active riders and 12 000 active drivers while Nigeria comes in second with 267 000 active riders and 7 000 active drivers.
Sub-Saharan Africa doesn’t include North African countries like Algeria, Egypt, Morocco and Tunisia. Ghana has 140 000 active riders and 3 000 active drivers, Kenya: has 363 000 active riders and 5 000 active drivers while Uganda has 48 000 active riders and 1 000 active drivers compared to Tanzania’s 53 000 active riders and 1 000 active drivers.
“Currently we have more than 29,000 driver-partners taking advantage of Uber’s earning opportunities. Drivers love being as flexible as they like; earning what they want, when they want, whether it’s a full-time entrepreneur or someone looking to supplement their income,” says Uber General Manager for Sub-Saharan Africa, Alon Lits.
Uber continues to open support hubs across the continent to ensure driver-partners are well-equipped. Apart from existing hubs across the continent, three more of these state-of-the-art Greenlight Hubs were opened in Dar Es Salaam, Nairobi, Kampala, Kumasi and Lagos this year and, in addition to offering driver-partners technical and app support, Uber also offers information sessions and workshops to driver-partners.
Uber has just launched Uber Movement in Johannesburg, a new website to help urban planners, city leaders, third parties and the public better understand the transportation needs of their cities,
Lits added, “four years have gone by incredibly quickly. We’ve learnt and grown; we look back at our time in sub-Saharan Africa with pride because we’ve achieved so much and look forward to what’s next to come.”,
