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Charles has been an Uber driver in Nairobi for nearly five years. But the last couple of years have been hard, with stubbornly high gas prices eating into his earnings. In...
Uber driver Emmanuel Bitok prepares for the day in the home he shares with his girlfriend Winny (23) in Nairobi’s Mathare neighborhood, Kenya, on October 16, 2020. Previously a workshop manager for a furniture company, Emmanuel began driving for Uber three years ago. Emmanuel checks the Uber app as he waits for his first ride of the day.
Uber came to Kenya, a country of densely populated cities without efficient public transport systems, and aggressively signed up drivers while simultaneously increasing ridership by dropping prices and making taxis a more affordable option.
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