Uber Drivers Put On Notice Over NTSA Chip
Written by Gathoni KuriaOn top of having a valid professional driving license, log book, identity card and certificate of good conduct, Uber drivers will now be required to have ..
On top of having a valid professional driving license, log book, identity card and certificate of good conduct, Uber drivers will now be required to have ..
Uber Technologies Group has officially resumed on-road testing of its self-driving vehicles, nine months after the company halted its entire autonomous ..
Uber, the popular taxi-hailing firm has introduced its latest product, uberPOA in Mombasa bringing into its platform the over 1000 registered three-wheeled ..
Mercedes-Benz-owner Daimler has taken a stake in Taxify in a funding round that values the ride-booking group at more than $1bn(Ksh 100 Billion), the latest ..
50 million Uber customers had their names, email addresses and phone numbers stolen while 7 million Uber drivers had their personal information stolen ..
Early this year, the move to introduce digital licenses was received well in Kenya, where Ksh 300 million was allocated by the Treasury in the proposed ..
Google has asked a judge to block Uber’s work on self-driving vehicles. This has escalated a high-profile intellectual property dispute between the two technology ..
Uber is mapping the planet. The ride-sharing company has shown its commitment to having its own mapping data by rolling out map-cars in Singapore. This ..
Little Ride, the taxing hailing app service by Safaricom and Craft Silicon becomes the cheapest taxi service in the Kenyan market after slashing fares ..
Towards the end of last week Uber entered into a partnership with mobile phone based lender Branch. The partnership is aimed at advancing loans to Uber ..
When Little Ride, a joint taxi business venture by Kenya’s leading Telco Company Safaricom and Craft Silicon, launched they caused a ripple in the business. ..
Probably by now you should have heard of autonomous car projects by companies such as Google and Tesla. By autonomous I mean self-driving cars. Sometime ..
For quite some time the Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) has been pondering on how to collect Value Added Tax (VAT) from the taxi transport system. Initially ..
Almost every other week a new startup crops up in Kenya, hoping to reap with Uber’s farming methods. The last one was a Rwandan effort in the Kenyan ..
WhereIsMyTransport is a technology company that wants to transform the transport sector in Africa, both formal and informal. The South African company ..
This is laughable now. Every other week, a new taxi hailing app emerges from the start-up undergrowth. Naturally, one had to claim this week. Enter Fone ..
As if the cab-hailing app business wasn’t crowded enough in Kenya, a new player is dribbling their iOS and Android apps to the playing field. Taxi Chap ..
Just recently, Kenyan taxi drivers were up in arms following increased business shift to modern taxi hailing company Uber. One of the major issue was eligibility ..
The mention of Uber spells convenience and efficiency, at least until recently. Before, the online transportation network company headquartered in San Francisco ..
This article first appeared as a Facebook post on my page on February 2, 2016. This is a reproduction of the same post following a follow-up article I wrote ..
The first time I used Uber services, which was sometime this year at the height of their fights with taxi drivers in Kenya, I faced two major challenges ..
Uber is seeking to recruit managers to oversee operations in East Africa. This comes after move was done after the hailing company received tough opposition ..
Uber has scrapped the commission fees for London’s black cab drivers in an attempt to show the two can live together peacefully. The company said ..
I remember when I once boarded a taxi from my work place headed home, I had to engage in barrage negotiations with the cub guy and we finally came to a conclusion ..
Have you noticed a change on you Uber app? Suddenly atoms are moving across my screen but that is just about it for an unobservant user like me. According ..
Uber is like kerosene trying to mix with water. Most taxi drivers believe the hailing service is here to kill the taxi industry by oppressing other hardworking ..
Two months ago Uber allowed the use of cash and mobile money in Kenya. The company has gone further and redesigned its Partner app to give its drivers ..
Are you using Uber? It’s the most convenient and smart way to get a taxi. However, nothing good comes without demerits and challenges. In Kenya, ..
Many people don’t like Uber because of its shortcomings. The world’s leading startup wants every car to be an Uber car. The development of car technology ..
Many people have placed complaints concerning Uber drivers and the App. Well, this time Uber driver was accused of allegedly assaulting a passenger. Police ..