Cape Town – South Africa has a locally developed ride sharing application that seeks to match travellers with drivers.
The app startup uGoMyWay is better defined as a car-pooling service which matches drivers with passengers travelling to the same destination.
But it’s not aimed at taking on ride sharing giant Uber, now valued at over $50bn.
“Fortunately, we are not in the same market as Uber. We would not want to compete with them. Uber is very much an e-hailing go-somewhere-now solution. It’s a shame they used the term ‘ride share’, as theirs is a very twisted definition of it,” uGoMyWay team member Patho Tebese told Fin24.
The app – which was developed in Cape Town suburb Kenilworth – is a modern take on getting a lift to work or school.
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8 Groceries That Are Cheap In South Africa If You’re An Expat
When rates aggregator GoBankingRates analyzed 112 countries across the globe, it concluded that South Africa is the cheape
st place for expats to live and retire. The findings sparked controversy. Some financial experts claimed South Africa is an expensive place to live. Turns out it’s only a cheap place for expats to live because the cost of common necessities like groceries makes up a much smaller percentage of most expats’ salaries compared to average South African salaries. Here are 8 groceries that are cheap in South Africa for expats.
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Car-pooling app launched in Cape Town
Cape Town – South Africa has a locally developed ride sharing application that seeks to match travellers with drivers.
The app startup uGoMyWay is better defined as a car-pooling service which matches drivers with passengers travelling to the same destination.
But it’s not aimed at taking on ride sharing giant Uber, now valued at over $50bn.
“Fortunately, we are not in the same market as Uber. We would not want to compete with them. Uber is very much an e-hailing go-somewhere-now solution. It’s a shame they used the term ‘ride share’, as theirs is a very twisted definition of it,” uGoMyWay team member Patho Tebese told Fin24.
The app – which was developed in Cape Town suburb Kenilworth – is a modern take on getting a lift to work or school.
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Cell C slashes data prices amid growing competition
Cape Town – South Africa’s third largest mobile network Cell C has slashed its pricing for broadband amid increasing market competition and growth from its rivals.
The junior operator announced an aggressive reduction in mobile broadband offerings in major metros as people increasingly demand data at lower cost.
On prepaid, Cell C is offering a SIM only option of 100GB for R999 with an additional 100GB of free data valid from 00:00 to 06:00 (Nite data).
Contracts start at R99 for 5GB of data with 15GB of after-hours data and top out at R999 for R100GB including an extra 100GB “Nite data”.
Prepaid offers are valid for a year and come as Cell C ramps up its investment into higher speed Long Term Evolution networks.
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NIGERIA (March 14, 2016) – Employers must immediately verify long-term work permits of foreign workers
What is the change? The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) is conducting a nationwide audit of all long-term work permits (known locally as the Combined Expatriate Residence Permit and Aliens Card, or CERPAC) that have been issued to foreign workers.
What does the change mean? The long-term work permits of all foreign nationals must be submitted to the NIS by either the employer or the employer’s representative for verification between March 14 -31.
Background: The nationwide effort indicates that the government further clamping down on abuse of long-term work authorization. “The NIS going forward intends to ensure strict compliance of the long term work permit process and penalise companies that breach or abuse the process.” said Kunle Obebe, a partner with Bloomfield Law Practice in Lagos.
Nigeria passed an immigration law in June emphasizing compliance, and recently imposed new limits and monetary fines on business visitors who overstay.