Transportation network company, UBER Nigeria, currently has 9,000 active driver-partners and no fewer than 267,000 monthly riders, an official has said. Francesca Uriri, the company’s Head of Communications in West Africa, made the disclosure in an interview in Lagos on Wednesday. Uriri said that the drivers and riders were based in Abuja and Lagos, where […]
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Uber has announced that it is commemorating its fourth year of operations in Lagos with the unveiling of a new advert campaign tagged ‘Moments that matter’, which highlights creative collateral across different mediums such as television, cinema, radio and digital. It also on Thursday gave a new car gift to one of its driver-partners, courtesy […]
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The ride-hailing company Uber broke Pennsylvania law when it failed to notify potential victims, including thousands of drivers, for a year after it discovered hackers had stolen their personal information, said the state attorney general, who sued the company Monday. The lawsuit, filed in Philadelphia, said hackers stole the names and driver’s license numbers of […]
Read More A former Uber security specialist accused the company of dispatching a team of spies to steal its rivals’ trade secrets and using shady tactics to thwart its competition in the ride-hailing market, according an inflammatory letter unsealed Friday by a federal judge. Those tactics allegedly included impersonating other people, illegally recording conversations and hacking into […]
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While reiterating its commitment in creating economic opportunities for Nigerians through technology, Uber, through its West Africa region’s general manager, Lola Kassim, has disclosed that Uber has 267,000 riders who actively use the app, and 7,000 driver-partners. Speaking during a media chat tagged “Meet and Greet Lola” in Lagos at the weekend, Kassim said, “In […]
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Uber lost the latest round in the battle over its operating model Friday, when a British panel ruled that the company’s drivers are workers, not independent contractors, in a decision with broad implications for the so-called gig economy. The Employment Appeal Tribunal upheld a lower panel’s decision, agreeing that the two drivers in this case […]
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Brighton has renewed Uber’s license to operate in the southern English city for six months while the local authority follows the outcome of London’s move to strip the taxi app of its license. “The decision on the length of the extension was taken to allow the council to monitor the outcome of the Transport for […]
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The chief executive of Uber Technologies Inc, Dara Khosrowshahi, said on Tuesday that his company’s future in Brazil depends on government decisions, as the Brazilian Senate prepared to vote on regulating car hailing apps. “It depends on the decisions of the government,” Khosrowshahi told reporters when asked whether Uber would leave Brazil if the bill […]
Read More Uber has announced the appointment of Lola Kassim as its new General Manager for West Africa. Lola worked as a Management Consultant with McKinsey and Company where she led teams providing strategic business advice and implementing organizational and operational improvements in the energy, public, and financial services sectors in West and Southern Africa. A seasoned […]
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Uber said on Monday it was not clear what concerns London’s transport regulator had for stripping it of its licence as the taxi app battles to keep operating in one of the world’s wealthiest cities. On Friday, the British capital’s regulator deemed Uber unfit to run a taxi service and decided not to renew its […]
Read More Over Five Hundred Million people have signed an online petition in under 24 hours backing Uber’s bid to stay on the roads of London, showing the company is turning to its tried-and-tested tactic of asking customers for help when it locks horns with regulators. London’s transport authorities stunned the powerful U.S. start-up on Friday when […]
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Uber in new setback as it will lose to operate in London because it may be endangering public safety and security, the local regulator said Friday, in a severe blow to a company already facing big questions over its corporate culture. The company, which has been beset by a litany of scandals over its management […]
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