Uber drivers and Uber Eats delivery partners will now be insured against on-duty injuries. This is a result of a "strategic collaboration" between Uber South Africa and Chubb Insurance South Africa Limited. In 2017 Uber secured injury protection cover for riders from Chubb. “We are proud to announce Partner Injury…
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BMW merges ride-hailing and car sharing into one app
German car manufacturer, BMW,is merging its car sharing and ride-hailing services into one app, ReachNow. The ride- hailz ing service and car-sharing service is currently only available in Seattle in the USA while Portland and New York only have the car-sharing feature. BMW Group acquired all of ReachNow (and…
Uber increases prices in Egypt after petrol price increase
Uber has notified its driver partners in Egypt that it will be adjusting service pricing to allow them "maintain their benefit while driving for Uber." This follows a recent petrol price increase in Egypt which had many Uber drivers worried that their costs will be going up while Uber prices…
Opportunities and challenges of the platform economy in South Africa
Accenture's South African business along with South Africa's Gordon Institute of Business Science have published a new report that looks into the platform economy and whether South Africa is ready for the shift it presents or not. Titled "South Africa: Winning with Digital Platform", the report also present the various…
Biased algorithms
A while back we looked into why a Google image search for "unprofessional hair" gave distinctively different results to a search for "professional hair". Despite others, who looked into the same exercise, putting the blame solely on Google's search algorithm for being "racist", a deeper look into the search results…
Uber drivers in South Africa get emergency app
Uber has announced a partnership in South Africa which will see its Uber and Uber Eats drivers and delivery partners gain access to an app that connects them to the closest private emergency response vehicles from a nationwide network of security or medical response partners. The app will be provided…
Uber Eats acquired South Africa's orderTalk
In a move that validates South Africa's venture capital sector and technology startups ecosystem, Uber Eats has acquired orderTalk, a South African company offering restaurants globally online food ordering systems. The acquisition has been announced by South Africa's Knife Capital. orderTalk was founded during 1998 by Hilton Keats after securing…