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Côte d’Ivoire has spent the last seven years building one of West Africa’s most successful tourism sectors. It welcomed 6.7 million visitors in 2025,…
Read the storyLagos ride-hailing drivers have given Bolt and inDrive until October 2026 to cut commissions to 10 percent or face a shutdown. The union says…
Côte d'Ivoire has approved an eight-year partnership with Zipline to expand drone delivery from one distribution centre to ten nationwide. The network will serve…
inDrive has recorded a 96 percent jump in app installs in Nigeria, according to independent tracking data from Sensor Tower, a surge strong enough…
Spiro, one of Africa’s biggest names in electric mobility, has signed a new partnership with Chinese electric two-wheeler manufacturer Yadea. The deal is designed…
Moove has turned down a request by its Uber Go drivers to lower their daily remittance from ₦18,700 to ₦12,000, insisting that Uber’s exit…
Uber promised Nigerian drivers a goodwill payment when it left but wouldn't say how much. The figure has landed: ₦40,000, roughly $30, with a…
Kenyan electric mobility startup ARC Ride has raised $33.3 million in a combination of equity and asset-backed debt to scale its battery-swapping network beyond…
Global mobility and delivery services platform inDrive has officially launched a new parcel protection initiative designed specifically for business users of its courier service…
The announcement that Uber is ending operations in Nigeria after 12 years has predictably triggered a national post-mortem. Within hours, X was full of…
Today reads like a giant fell. But the numbers say Nigeria stopped choosing Uber years ago. Bolt passed 60% of ride-hailing volume back in…
Uber has ended its ride-hailing operations in Nigeria, effective September 2, 2026, closing a chapter that began in Lagos in 2014. The company informed…
LagRide has begun a phased rollout of 400 new vehicles across Lagos and wants more than 1,000 additional Captains on its platform before December.…
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