Uber mulls venturing into the Matatu Industry in Kenya Milicent Atieno November 19, 2018 Tech The popular taxi-hailing service, Uber, is reported to be working on the logistics of venturing into the matatu industry in Kenya; that is the public service vehicle (PSV) industry. “We want to be part of...
Barely 8-months in Uganda and Tanzania, Mondo Ride now boasts of 2,000 enlisted drivers Milicent Atieno October 24, 2018 Business Plans The taxi-hailing service Mondo Ride, ventured outside its home turf, Nairobi, into the neighboring countries, Uganda and Tanzania barely eight months ago. The firm entered the two markets after securing...
Kenya’s home-grown motorbike taxi hailing startup GetBoda secures Lions’ Den funding Felix Omondi October 6, 2018 Business Plans Kenya has its own ‘Shark Tank,’ but in Africa, the shark does not strike most as the apex predator. No, that title is reserved for the king of the jungle himself, the mighty lion. Hence, Kenya has the...
Uber wins back the license to operate in London streets Felix Omondi June 28, 2018 Business Plans Uber lost its license to operate in London last September, in a case where the transportation regulation authority for the city denied the company to renew its five-year license. That came hot on the heels of...
Mondo Ride secures another $2 millioon funding for venture into six new cities in Africa Milicent Atieno January 31, 2018 Funding Mondo Ride has announced they secured $2 million funding that they will use to drive their expansion plan into six new cities in across Africa. To date, the total amount from the rounds of funding brings the...
List of tweaks Uber has made to its app to ward off competition Milicent Atieno December 28, 2017 Apps and Software The taxi hailing business had become a lucrative business attracting numerous players. Currently, the market is saturated, and the existing players are entangled in a fierce battle, with each trying to eat...
Uber marks 4th anniversary in sub-Sahara Africa with 29,000 drivers and 1.8 million riders Milicent Atieno September 30, 2017 Business Plans It is now four years since the San-Francisco-based taxi hailing company Uber launched in sub-Sahara Africa. On Thursday, the company celebrated its fourth birthday by releasing a report detailing its customer...
Uber has lost its license to operate in London Felix Omondi September 22, 2017 Start-ups For a company that has made taxi hailing from a mobile app a household name, Uber sure seems to be heading in the wrong direction. First, there were the allegations of sexual harassment at the helm of the...
You can now Tip your Uber Driver if you live in any one of these 121 cities Milicent Atieno July 7, 2017 Business Plans What nightmare stories do you have about past Uber ride? Perhaps your Uber driver took the lane and you had to drive for a couple of miles away to get an exit on the freeway. The driver could not navigate to...
Egyptians can request UberBoat and cruise along the Nile River and avoid Cairo traffic Milicent Atieno May 20, 2017 Business Plans On-demand boat ride in Egypt, another first from world most famous taxi-hailing service Uber. Commuters in the capital Cairo now have a fun way of beating traffic in the city; they call up a boat ride via...
