Why are Uber drivers in Nigeria circumventing the Uber app?
Uber is now not so new a word in the lexicon of Nigerian middle-class commuters. They relish it, they fancy it, they rely on it, and they recommend it. Uber has made commuting more reasonable, and a lot fair, more through its billing system, relative comfort, reliability and punctuality ; and especially for the convenience and ease of calling cabs unlike what we are used to. Just so I don’t feel too comfortable assuming everyone has experienced it, Uber is the “worldwide online transportation network company that operates the Uber app, allowing consumers with smartphones to submit a trip request which the software program then automatically sends to the Uber driver nearest to that consumer, alerting the driver to the location of the customer. The Uber app then automatically calculates the fare and transfers the payment to the driver .” T he service is now available in over 66 countries and 545 cities worldwide, including Lagos, Nigeria, where it might have started bein