UberBOAT pilots boat service in congested mega-city Lagos
Uber, with private and public partners in Nigeria, are looking at boat-hailing to help the city’s millions of commuters
11 October 2019 - 14:42
Lagos — On Friday, global ride-hailing firm Uber Technologies launched a pilot test of a boat service in Nigeria’s commercial capital Lagos to attract commuters seeking to avoid the city’s notoriously congested roads.
The UN 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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