A local competitor silently entered the ride-hailing space three years after Uber began in Nigeria and a year after Bolt entered the space. Normally, when a tech company opens an ...
UberX Hourly is now officially available in Nigeria, giving riders an option of requesting a driver by the hour as they complete essential errands or deliveries during this period. Uber Hourly ...
Uber Ghana has partnered with Moove, Africa’s first flexible car ownership company with a bid to offer prospective and current Uber drivers in sub-Saharan Africa long term access to vehicles. ...
With “Uber for Business” (U4B), businesses can create a company Uber account which onboards employees with a few clicks. This feature provides a clear view of all trip details from a ...
Uber will no longer charge you fees when you cancel a trip. Previously if you were to cancel a trip after keeping the driver waiting, you would be required to ...
This comes as a big save especially for boda riders who have felt the pinch since the fuel price went up. A number of boda boda businesses have been affected ...
Uber and Mastercard have extended their partnership to focus on digital payments and advancing financial inclusions across the Middle East and Africa (MEA). The digitization will leverage Mastercard’s single infrastructure ...
Bolt, the Uber competitor in Europe and Africa, has officially launched its food delivery service, Bolt Food, in Nairobi, Kenya to give users access to a huge variety of restaurants ...
Uber has hired Tope Akinwumi, Kobo360's Head of Marketplace & Analytics as its new Country Manager for Nigeria to drive growth in Africa's populous nation despite the pandemic. Tope is ...
The UK Supreme Court has decided that Uber drivers are “workers” for UK employment law purposes. In reaching that decision, the Supreme Court unanimously upheld the decision of the original ...
Kenya's Amitruck, an Uber for Trucks, has secured an ‘undisclosed’ investment led by US-based Dynamo Ventures with participation from Plug and Play Ventures and a collection of strategic angel investors ...
Uber has acquired Drizly, the on-demand alcohol marketplace, for approximately $1.1 billion in stock and cash and will be integrated into the UberEats app in the US market and also ...
Uber is celebrating its 6th year anniversary in Kenya with over 12,000 monthly active drivers on its app. Since its launch in 2015 in Nairobi, followed by Mombasa, Uber has ...
Before investing in money, an entrepreneur should also be familiar with the ethics and environment of industry, business laws and management. For starters, you ought to follow these criteria to ...
Uber has sold its self-driving unit, Advanced Technologies Group (ATG) to Aurora, in a move to focus on profitability. Uber denies it's abandoning the self-driving dream altogether. “Few technologies hold ...
Door Dash is a US. food delivery platform , it provides the same service as Uber Eats. It was started in 2013 by 4 Stanford University students. Door Dash now ...
Uber Eats has today launched in Mombasa, two years after launching in the country. Mombasa is Kenya's second-largest city and is most popular for its many different scenic attractions, exquisite beaches, ...
Plentywaka, Nigeria's bus-hailing app, has launched WakaCab, a new car-hailing service with fully-trained drivers for commuters within Delta State starting with Asaba, then Warri. WakaCab, available on Google Playstore and ...
Alon Lits, previously General Manager for Uber sub-Saharan Africa, has been appointed as Chairman of AURA, South Africa’s security and safety platform. Lits brings with him decades of experience and aims ...
When it comes to emergency response to road accidents, every second counts! It is for this very reason, Uber, Zindi, Flare and The World Bank hosted a Machine Learning hackathon to bring together data scientists, ...
When corona started everyone took it seriously then as the measures were relaxed most people also dropped their masks down. Some people opted to stop using matatus and decided to ...
Uber Nigeria has hiked fares for its UberX offering starting October 6, 2020. UberX is a popular choice for riders owing largely to its affordability. The minimum fare has been ...
Ride-hailing service, Uber, will now allow riders to access its services 24 hours provided they are going to or from the airport. At the start of September 2020, Uber Kenya ...
As the pandemic ground its ride-hail business to a halt, Uber's delivery service took on new importance. Now, it's Uber's biggest source of revenue. Revenue from Eats reached $1.2 billion ...
Ride-hailing and delivery company, Uber, has launched its intercity bus service in Egypt, with the main goal of increasing the accessibility of cities. Egypt is the first country globally to ...
Uber has unceremoniously launched its parcel service, "Uber Connect" in Kenya. Uber has been pursuing a global shift towards delivery services in a bid to diversify from its ride-hailing venture. ...
Uber has announced the acquisition of transit software company, Routematch. The move is geared towards expanding the ride-hailing firm's into public transport. The firm has over time been collaborating with ...
Uber has partnered with Moove, Nigeria's flexible car ownership company, to provide potential and current Uber drivers in sub-Saharan Africa with long-term access to vehicles. Uber says the collaboration aims ...
Uber and Utopia, an urban mobility innovation group partnered with the University of Nairobi to launch the Mobility Challenge, as part of the University of Nairobi Innovation Fellowship. Uber and ...
Vaya Africa, a ride-hail mobility venture founded by Zimbabwean mogul Strive Masiyiwa, has launched an electric taxi service and charging network in Zimbabwe with plans to expand across the continent. ...
