Uber Seeks to Lure Cabbies in Africa Expansion Plan

U.S.-based Uber plans to expand in Tanzania, Uganda and Ghana this year and will focus on convincing traditional taxi drivers to work for the ride-hailing service, said Alon Lits, Uber's general manager for sub-Saharan Africa. Traffic-clogged roads, high rates of urban crime and a lack of credit cards are big challenges Uber faces in sub-Saharan Africa, where it operates in seven cities in South Africa, Nigeria and Kenya. But its biggest problem is the one it faces from Rome to...

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