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March 27, 2018 •
Mobile and Telecoms, Top Stories •
Darryl Linington •
Comments Off on Uber introduces tipping function for drivers in South Africa
As of 27 March 2018, Uber revealed that riders in South Africa will be able to offer tips to their driver-partners. At the end of every trip, riders will now be able to issue a selected range of tipping to their driver-partner. This feature will also be...
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March 14, 2018 •
Online & Social, Southern Africa, Top Stories •
Fundisiwe Maseko •
Comments Off on Uber introduces rider call back line in South Africa
Uber South Africa has on Tuesday, 13 March 2018 announced the launch of its latest safety and security improvement; an Incident Response Team (IRT) call-back line for safety-related matters. The call-back line, which has been in its test phase since December...
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February 19, 2018 •
General •
Darryl Linington •
Comments Off on Mobility Centre for Africa set to advance the future of mobility
The Mobility Centre for Africa NPC (MCA) hosted it’s 3rd Future Mobility Roundtable in Cape Town on 13 February 2018. The discussion, held at the Westin Hotel was the 3rd in a series of events bringing together government, industry and academia to...
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January 9, 2018 •
Gadgets and Gaming, Top Stories •
Darryl Linington •
Comments Off on CES 2018: Uber selects NVIDIA to power self-driving fleets
Uber has revealed that the ridesharing company has selected NVIDIA technology for the AI computing system in its fleet of self-driving vehicles. Speaking at the opening press conference of CES 2018, NVIDIA founder and CEO Jensen Huang said that the...
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December 18, 2017 •
Online & Social, Top Stories •
Fundisiwe Maseko •
Comments Off on BBM Messenger and Uber launch ride-on-demand service
Creative Media Works, operating as BBM Messenger, has partnered with on-demand ride-sharing company, Uber, to launch the Uber ride-on-demand service within BBM Messenger. Users around the world will have access to this new service. The tie-up between the two...
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December 13, 2017 •
Opinion, Security •
Fundisiwe Maseko •
Comments Off on Why it’s important to have cyber insurance
Global transportation technology company Uber Technologies has admitted it suffered a breach that saw hackers stealing the personal information of approximately 57 million customers and drivers. So how did it happen? It was reported that two hackers gained...
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November 22, 2017 •
Online & Social, Top Stories •
Fundisiwe Maseko •
Comments Off on Uber reveals massive data breach
Taxi-hailing company, Uber, has revealed that they concealed a hack that affected 57 million customers and drivers. The breach occurred in October 2016 and Uber paid hackers $100,000 to delete the data. The hackers found 57 million names, email addresses and...
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November 9, 2017 •
Mobile and Telecoms, Online & Social, Southern Africa, Top Stories •
Dean Workman •
Comments Off on South Africa: Uber to charge late passengers extra
There has been a lot of controversies in South Africa surrounding the e-hailing taxi service, Uber, in 2017. The majority of which have come from violent clashes between Uber drivers and drivers who work for metered taxi companies. This forced the company to...
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October 31, 2017 •
Mobile and Telecoms, Online & Social, Southern Africa, Top Stories •
Dean Workman •
Comments Off on Uber adds new features for South African drivers
Ride-hailing service, Uber, announced on Monday 30 October 2017 that the company has launched a new set of features for driver-partners in South Africa. Some of the new addition to the popular app will allow the drivers to choose when, where and how they...
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October 17, 2017 •
Mobile and Telecoms, Online & Social, People, Top Stories, West Africa •
Dean Workman •
Comments Off on Lola Kassim appointed new Uber GM for West Africa
Ride-hailing mobile app Uber has appointed Lola Kassim, a Nigerian-Canadian, as its new general manager for West Africa. Lola, who most recently worked as a Management Consultant with McKinsey and Company, is a professional with over 10 years of global...
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October 5, 2017 •
General, Mobile and Telecoms, Online & Social, Southern Africa, Top Stories •
Dean Workman •
Comments Off on Uber like App to help metered taxi’s in South Africa
Scoop a Cab, a taxi and ridesharing application similar to Uber, has revealed that the company has launched its services in Bloemfontein adding to its services which are already available in Johannesburg and Pretoria. The app matches a rider’s location to a...
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October 2, 2017 •
East Africa, Finance, Online & Social, Top Stories •
Fundisiwe Maseko •
Comments Off on Visa and Uber partner to encourage use of e-payments in Kenya
Uber and Visa have announced a strategic agreement that aims to grow digital commerce across Africa. Under the agreement, Visa will work with its financial institution partners to set up their debit and credit portfolios for eCommerce. The new promotion will...
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September 8, 2017 •
Online & Social, Top Stories •
Fundisiwe Maseko •
Comments Off on Video: Violence erupts as two Uber taxi’s torched in South Africa
Two vehicles, believed to be Uber taxis, were set alight on Thursday 7 September 2017 near the Gautrain Station in Sandton, Johannesburg, South Africa. The drivers escaped the scene unharmed. Violence erupted after the attack. According to reports, a group of...
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September 4, 2017 •
East Africa, Mobile and Telecoms, Top Stories, West Africa •
Dean Workman •
Comments Off on Safaricom’s Uber/Taxify rival to hit Nigeria in October 2017
As the rivalry and competition between the two taxi hailing apps, Taxify and Uber, grows across the continent, a new player is entering the game. Little, the newest taxi hailing app, has the backing of Kenya’s telecoms company, Safaricom, and is set to...
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August 29, 2017 •
General, Top Stories •
Fundisiwe Maseko •
Comments Off on Uber appoints new CEO
Uber has appointed Dara Khosrowshahi as the new CEO of the taxi hailing app. Khosrowshahi is notable for his vocal opposition to U.S. President Trump’s initiatives. The Uber CEO seat has been vacant since June 2017 when co-founder Travis Kalanick resigned....
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July 24, 2017 •
East Africa, West Africa •
Dean Workman •
Comments Off on Uber Jacks Up Security in Nigeria, Ghana, Kenya
After the successful implementation of an intelligent new safety feature was introduced to Uber driver-partners in South Africa early this year, the company has announced that the same feature will be implemented in other markets in Africa. Uber has begun...
