Tag: Uber
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Uber yields to negotiation with drivers over concerns
Uber is set to engage its drivers to address their concerns on declining profits. The company has disclosed to Citi Business News it will engage the drivers to assess their concerns and arrive at a compromise. The response comes days after some disgruntled drivers of the transport service provider, embarked on a demonstration to protest…
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Uber drivers on sitdown strike over 25% commission
Scores of Uber drivers massed up at the offices of Uber in Accra on Wednesday, April 25, 2018. The drivers who are on a sit down strike, are protesting against what they say is the unfair treatment by the transport services company. According to them, the twenty-five percent retention of all transport fares remitted to…
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Drivers dismiss Uber rebranding reports
The Ghana Road Transport Co-ordinating Council (GRTCC), has dismissed reports of a purported meeting with the Transport Ministry where driver unions have called for Uber cars to be rebranded into normal taxis operating in the country. Reports of the said meeting and the drivers’ appeal dominated social media over the weekend attracting mixed reactions from…
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Uber loses London operating license
Uber has lost its operating licence in London after a shock ruling by the capital’s transport body. The ride hailing app will no longer be able to offer services in their current form within the M25, despite the firm claiming 3.5 million Londoners regularly use its app. Transport for London (TfL) announced its decision on Friday. The authority wrote:…
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AAI honours Nana Addo with National Achievement Award
The Africa – America Institute (AAI) has awarded the President of Ghana, Nana Akufo-Addo with the institute’s National Achievement Award for the year 2017. The award which is also for the people of Ghana was bestowed on him yesterday September 19, 2017 in New York at the institute’s 33rd Annual Awards Gala. The award is…