Tech company planning roll-out in Ghana

folarin okunola

May 20, 2016 1:37 PM

The company has established presence in five African countries including Morocco, Kenya, Nigeria, Egypt and South Africa.

Uber's new rider logo (left) and partner logo (right)

Media reports suggest that Uber is planning to launch in Accra. An entry on the company's career list page says that they are looking for an operations and logistics manager in their new Accra office.

According to a TechCabal report, this new expansion into Accra seems to be part of an aggressive expansion drive by the logistics company into the African market.

Since it began operations in 2009, Uber has expanded to over 400 cities in over 60 countries. The company has established presence in five African countries including Morocco, Kenya, Nigeria, Egypt and South Africa.

READ: Tech giant records over 1 million rides in Kenya within 15 months

The company's most recent launches were in Abuja, Nigeria, and Kenya's second-largest city, Mombasa. Techcabal reports that Leon Mwotia, Uber's tri-lingual, left-handed Kenyan-Canadian international launcher will be at the Meltwater Entrepreneurial School of Technology (MEST) to speak about the company's roll-out plans in Ghana.

Right now, it is hard to judge how traditional taxi drivers in Ghana will react to Uber's presence - a problem the company has had to deal with in most of the other countries where the company operates (In Kenya, its vehicles were even set on fire at one point).

We wait to see how the world's most valuable startup will fare in Ghana. Stay with Pulse Tech to give you all the latest updates on that.

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