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Uber and Metropolitan Team Up to Tackle Youth Unemployment in South Africa

Metropolitan Collective Shapers (MCS) and Uber have launched a joint initiative to provide free transportation for young job seekers in South Africa. The programme…

African mobility fintech Moove joins forces with Uber

Moove, an African-born start-up with a growing global customer base of mobility entrepreneurs, has launched in Europe with an electric vehicle rent-to-buy model that…

African mobility fintech expands into Cape Town

Moove, an African Mobility Fintech that aims to democratise vehicle ownership in the continent has launched its services in the Mother City. Moove launches…

Moove raises $23 million in Series A funding round

Sub-Saharan mobility and vehicle finance company Moove has announced it has raised $23 million (R341 million) in a Series A funding round. The latest…

UberCOMMUNITY encourages locals to donate to fire relief efforts in Cape Town

In a response to the devastating fires that have impacted Cape Town, global e-hailing ride service Uber has launched UberCOMMUNITY. It is an initiative…

Mastercard and Uber extend partnership to boost payment digitalisation and financial inclusion

Mastercard and Uber have reaffirmed their long-term partnership by implementing a new strategic initiative that will focus on digital payments and advancing financial inclusion…

Local startup launches Uber competitor

A new startup, Taxi Live Africa has launched in South Africa and is the first e-hailing service to recognises drivers as potential shareholders. Taxi…

HAVAÍC, institutional funder invest further R6m in Aura

Joburg-based startup Aura has netted a further R6-million from Cape Town based venture capital (VC) company HAVAÍC. The investment, which was made in the last…

SA founders who’ve sold their startup to a Silicon Valley firm

Hitting it big in Silicon Valley is every South African tech entrepreneur’s dream. What better way than to sell your startup to a Valley-based…

Meet Ridver, the ride-hailing app that has netted interest from Zambian investor

A month doesn’t seem to pass without news of the launch of another ride-hailing app. Last month it was sushi king Kenny Kunene’s Yookoo…

Tech platforms can help us stay connected to our humanity [Opinion]

One of the biggest fears around technology is that it robs us of human interactions. While that might not always feel like the worst…

Move over Uber, Taxify here’s latest ride-hailing startup uMashesha

An increasing number of SA players are opting to open ride-hailing startups — in a market already dominated by the well resourced Uber and Taxify. But…

First Uber partnership, now Aura secures first R2m from HAVAÍC in equity raise

Days after concluding a deal with ride-hailing company Uber, Joburg-based startup Aura announced today that it has secured the first R2-million in a R6-million equity…

Knowledge, networks, funding: what’s behind VC that set up Uber exit [Q&A]

It’s just days after arguably the biggest deal so far this year — Cape Town founded company orderTalk’s exit to Uber Eats. Many may be…

Three reasons why Uber acquisition of SA grown orderTalk is so big a deal [Updated]

Uber’s food delivery business Uber Eats has acquired tech company orderTalk, which was once headquartered as a startup in Cape Town, South Africa. Here’s why it’s such…

Uber Eats acquires SA founded tech firm orderTalk for undisclosed amount

Uber’s food delivery business Uber Eats has acquired SA tech company orderTalk from Knife Capital, the Cape Town based venture capital (VC) firm revealed today (23 May). OrderTalk provides…

Will local startup Scoop A Cab really offer meter taxi drivers a way to take on Uber?

SA ride-hailing startup Scoop A Cab claims it will offer meter taxis a way to take on the likes of Uber and Taxify with their new app and in…

Q&A: Taxify reveals plans to take on Uber in Nigeria by being more ‘driver friendly’

The ride-hailing sector may remain attractive in Lagos, with 15 ride-hailing apps competing for a portion of Nigeria’s biggest city’s vast taxi market, but until…

Q&A: How FindADriver247 carved its niche in an Uber-dominated market

With Uber waxing stronger and dominating the taxi tech space in Nigeria, tech startup founders are striving to find other opportunities within the sector. Considering…

What did we learn from CustomApp, Uber at MTN’s app breakfast?

MTN’s App of the Year breakfast delivered a rather interesting speaker lineup, such as representatives from Uber, CustomApp and Snapscan. We’ve already looked at…

8 SA companies using the Uber business model to disrupt their industries

Whether you like it or not, Uber’s on-demand business model has resulted in a flood of companies using a similar strategy. There are Uber-like…

Uber as a startup: the ins and outs of slim launches

Ever since emerging from Silicon Valley in 2011, startups around the world have looked to model themselves on Uber‘s success. Aside from being an…

African tech innovators: Our Uber moment is coming

We all know that we face some unique challenges in Africa, driven by the lack of access to market and the relatively small skills…

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