Navigating Kenya, Uber on a Bumpy Ride

The mobile car-for-hire service Uber has finally arrived in Kenya, and it's beginning to generate some buzz. But local Kenyan competition is stiff, and not everyone thinks Uber knows what it is getting itself into. When Franklin Saiyalel first heard a new taxi company was setting up shop in Nairobi, where he runs a fashion business, he was more confused than excited. “At first I didn’t get it," he said. "I checked it out and it was all these fancy cars, so I didn’t get...

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