epa05229512 A Kenyan man holds his mobile phone displaying the Uber app next to a local taxi in the streets of Nairobi, Kenya, 24 March 2016. US ride sharing service company Uber on 23 March 2016 launched its services in Mombasa, Kenya expanding its global network to 399 cities. Uber management had asked police to protect its company’s drivers and passengers from criminals, due to the high increase of attacks on their drivers by their competitors since it was launched in the country arguing over prices. EPA/DANIEL IRUNGU
CAPE TOWN: Ride-hailing service Uber Technologies Inc is growing rapidly in sub-Saharan Africa and considering moves into more markets, despite sometimes violent opposition from metered taxi drivers, a senior executive said on Nov 7.
Uber's service has triggered protests by rivals from London to New Delhi as it up-ends traditional business models that require professional drivers to pay steep licensing fees to do business.
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