Uber has lowered its service fee from 25% to 20% to help enable better earning opportunities for drivers using the Uber App in Abuja and Lagos. This is one way Uber is showing its commitment to drivers. “Uber is committed to helping to facilitate unique earning opportunities for drivers through both innovation and technology. Based […]

Uber driver docked over alleged theft of employer’s N2.5m car

05:24am, Tuesday, 01'st Mar 2022 The Eagle Online Nigeria
Emmanuel, who resides in Oke-Arin area of Ogun State, is facing a two-count charge of stealing and breach of employment contract. The post Uber driver docked over alleged theft of employer’s N2.5m car appeared first on The Eagle Online .

Uber Removes Yandex Executives from Joint Venture

02:00am, Tuesday, 01'st Mar 2022 TMT Post
The decision came as more Western companies distance themselves from Russia amid the country’s military aggression against Ukraine.
The company currently owns a 29% stake in Russia''s largest ride-hailing platform..

Uber to remove executives from Yandex joint venture

11:02pm, Monday, 28'th Feb 2022 Investing.com
https://www.investing.com/news/stock-market-news/uber-to-remove-executives-from-yandex-joint-venture-2774494
Uber said it would try to ‘accelerate’ the planned sale of its shares in the Russian service.
Uber Technologies (UBER) is looking to speed up the sale of its taxi joint-venture with Russian tech company Yandex (YNDX), Bloomberg reported. In a statement obtained by the news…
The changes affect pay for short trips and allow drivers to see a passenger''s destination before accepting a ride.
Uber Technologies Inc. is speeding up the sale of its stake in a taxi joint-venture with Russian internet search company Yandex NV.
VILNIUS — Lithuania has asked Google and Apple to remove the app for the Yandex.taxi ride-hailing service, owned by Russia’s Yandex and Uber, the transport and economy ministers said on Monday. The request to remove the app in Lithuania is in response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the transport ministry said in a statement. […]
WeFlex, an electric vehicle (“EV”) finance business, has appointed EY to drive its £60m fund raising efforts. The company says funds, a mixture of debt and equity, will be utilised to support its goal to get ride-hailing drivers to switch to EV’s, supercharging efforts to transition the ride hailing industry’s greener future. WeFlex is an approved Uber Clean Air Plan partner, providing EVs to private hire ride-hailing drivers (market size of approximately 230,000 individuals, including but not e

Ford Government set to give minimum wage to gig workers

10:40am, Monday, 28'th Feb 2022 CityNews Toronto
Ontario Premier Doug Ford and his labour minister will announce plans for new legislation that will extend the $15 minimum wage to gig workers, such as Uber drivers, CityNews has learned. The government will introduce what it’s calling the Digital Platform Workers’ Rights Act, which will establish core rights for workers who perform digital platform […]

Ontario to legislate minimum wage for gig workers

09:00am, Monday, 28'th Feb 2022 The Globe and Mail
Proposal would also require Uber and other similar companies to disclose more about how their apps work
Uber Inc.’s Careem is investing an undisclosed sum in a leading Egyptian food-delivery app, one of the biggest names yet to be lured by the sector’s growth potential in the Arab world’s most populous nation.
Joseph Gordon-Levitt stars as Uber CEO Travis Kalanick; Kyle Chandler, Uma Thurman and Kerry Bishé also star.
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