Bolt plans to brand independent drivers’ cars in Nigeria, operators express mixed feelings
On Monday 13, March 2023, e-hailing drivers registered to the Bolt platform received messages from the company. The…
Drivers at arms: Cab-hailing drivers in Ghana talk about taxes, robberies and bearing weapons to survive
In particular, an area called KC Nungua is dreaded because of the constant episode of robbery and car snatching that drivers suffer there. Drivers have lost money, phones and their vehicles to criminals masquerading as passengers...
Moove drivers in Nigeria are protesting against unbearable working conditions
President of the Moove Africa driver’s group, Fortune Chima, said that the protest has been ongoing on a low scale since October 2022...
Bolt lays off nearly a third of its Nigerian workforce amid reports of global recruitment
(Updated with Bolt's response by 14:00 pm WAT, 21/02/2023)
Bolt has about 70 workers in its Nigerian subsidiary. With 20 of them gone, the subsidiary is shedding off nearly a third of its workforce...
After 7 years of struggle, Uber, Bolt drivers get government-approved union in Nigeria, first in Africa
With this approval, the AUATWN becomes the first government-approved trade Union for e-hailing drivers in Africa...
2023 elections: will Nigeria witness the emergence of digital vote buying?
While vote buying has been a powerful and recurrent malady during elections in Nigeria, the prospect of digital vote-buying indicates a new dimension that is all-so-troubling...
“The company is at a pivotal transition and new leadership will help the company get through this”- Abasi Ene-Obong on stepping down as CEO, 54Gene
"The company is at a pivotal transition and new leadership will help the company get through this..." - Dr Abasi Ene-Obong
2023 elections: the BVAS question and why Nigeria can’t afford to lose in the age of tech
One could rightly conclude that BVAS is the pivot upon which the possibility of free and fair elections rests in Nigeria...
Inside MC Oluomo’s hazy plan to digitize danfo buses in Lagos with QR codes
...this isn’t the first time that MC Oluomo’s association would be looking to brand itself as a technology-driven body.
Is the car financing model of Moove and Lag Ride killing the gig in cab-hailing for drivers?
Lag Ride car costs about N8 million to N10 million. You have to pay N1.8 million for equity, between N7,000 to N11,000 for registration, then you also have to pay the standard 25% off the fares as commission...