Uber officials said there would be four trips a day, carrying up to 35 people on a boat, during the two-week pilot. — Reuters
Global ride-hailing firm Uber Technologies Inc launched a pilot test of a boat service in Nigeria's commercial capital Lagos to attract commuters seeking to avoid the megacity's notoriously congested roads.
The United Nations predicts that Nigeria's population will more than double to 400 million by 2050, which would make it the third most populous country in the world after China and India.
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