With the growing popularity of urban culture and prevalence of hailing cab service in the metropolitan cities of the country, Kia Motors Nigeria has entered into strategic partnership with Uber to provide lead generation software connecting riders to drivers in the area. The partnership is directly in line with the commitment to making the people become an Uber investor with an affordable state-of-the-art Kia model range.

There is no gainsaying the fact that Nigeria has remained one of the commercial hubs of Africa with an estimated population of over 150 million. As the most populous African country in the world, the need to provide a seamless means of transportation system to meet the requirements of the public is germane and this has galvanised the strategic partnership between Kia and Uber

Globally over 100 000 partner drivers are currently operating on Uber’s network. Uber is not only changing the way people connect with their cities, but also creating thousands of investment and work opportunities along the way. To make this a success in Nigeria, Uber is leveraging the low maintenance cost of Kia vehicle to increase the adoption of its services in the cities in which it has presence across the country.

“In a bid to provide a stress-free transportation in the country and provide investment opportunities for our teeming customers, we have deemed it necessary to partner with an internationally acclaimed technology company, Uber, which gives optimum value to customer satisfaction and a maximised return on investment for investors. The company has remained at the fore in creating a technology platform that is customer-focused” said Managing Director, Kia Motors Nigeria, Jacky Hathiramani. He further stated that “Uber’s technology continues to transform the way millions of people move around their city and our partnership with the company is to give people the best-in-class Kia model range that gives exhilarating experience to passengers on the go.”

Uber is focused on building a service for hundreds of millions of Nigerians and creating investment opportunities. Premised on this, Kia’s leadership and experience in the auto industry will be crucial in helping the technological company to meet their goals.

As a part of the deal, interested Uber investors who do not want to make an outright purchase of the vehicle can avail the offer of an accessible financial scheme powered by Access Bank that gives 10% equity contribution, competitive equated monthly installment as low as N95,000 monthly, special pricing and flexible repayment tenure of up to 48 months.

http://www.wearobo.com/2015/09/kia-parters-with-ride-hailing-service.html

any thing that makes Nigeria better is always awesome and welcomed.

Yes ooo. Am happy the global companies are coming to Nigeria. They see opportunities here.

This is a welcome development.

We are going places...
Very soon,, it will be Starbucks

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z3ZwFURYksw

[size=14pt]Uber is changing life in Nigeria[/size]

Few things affect life in Lagos like traffic, but Ebi Atawodi, Uber's General Manager in Nigeria, thinks the app is making a difference.

Lemme know when the traffic situation in Lagos changes...

Okay na

Cool

Can uber really work in Nigeria?
I really doubt this.

Edited: the news is even 8 months gone yet we haven't noticed nothing.

Nonsense.

Abeg.. Warris did uber dey are talking About

So I selected 'sambisa' as my destination and the app now responded .... 'thunder fire you'

Nice concept from Uber... I am about introducing the same concept with Power bike

andy24:
Nice concept from Uber... I am about introducing the same concept with Power bike

I like the power bike concept...

d33types:
We are going places...
Very soon,, it will be Starbucks

starbuck ,uber are all in south Africa. .and we still claim to be giant of Africa

Brb

RichYoungNigga:
How does Uber work in Nigeria ?
Here in America, you can use your private car for uber taxi, Uber doesn't give out cars to people to use for taxis

It's pretty much the same everywhere.

Uber recently purchased over 6 million units of a certain brand of cars for drivers in a certain country.

StillBrandnew:

It's pretty much the same everywhere.

Uber recently purchased over 6 million units of a certain brand of cars for drivers in a certain country.

But not in the U.S

They don't purchase cars for drivers in America

This news is not even a recent one, however, it is front page worthy unlike useless celebrities threads, this should be an eye opener for investors

This is a nice move from Kia Motors. Pls how can one get this kia car and how much is the down payment?
I need details.

VocalWalls:
Can uber really work in Nigeria?
I really doubt this.

Edited: the news is even 8 months gone yet we haven't noticed nothing.

Nonsense.

Mind you, people use it in Lagos and it is far cheaper compared to Yellow Cabs or Taxi ... Coming soon to Abuja and PH

ok oo..

2015 tread making FP 2016

they certainly need more drivers...

tried using it several times but were no drivers available. Ikeja and Yaba area

DisGuy:
they certainly need more drivers...

tries using it several times but were no drivers available. Ikeja and Yaba area

True
They have more drivers on the Island

moshoodn:

I like the power bike concept...

Thanks. Hope u go patronize me

Why is it now called Uber instead of the usual Taxi..

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pweeryambre:
Why is it now called Uber instead of the usual Taxi..

Because it's clearly different from the " usual" taxi