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Little Cabs launched in Kenya on Tuesday and there has been some reaction in the taxi-hailing service space. Maramoja Transport lowered their prices the same day, but Uber doesn’t seem to be panicking. In fact, they are welcoming the competition, which I think is funny seeing as they are Little Cabs’ number one competition in the first place
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GEC+Africa in Cape Town highlighted a deeper challenge facing African businesses: how to make economic activity visible to capital. Image source: GEC+Africa.
L-R: Habib Thiam, Secretary General of the BCEAO, and Minayegnan Coulibaly, former Director General of GIM-UEMOA, during the launch of GIMpay in 2024. Image Source: GIM-UEMOA via RFI