Local Taxi Drivers Cry Out
Some taxi drivers in the country are protesting the popularity of ride hailing service, Uber, saying they are being pushed out of business by the operations of Uber. According to the taxi drivers,...
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Uber Killing Our Business: Ghanaian Taxi Drivers Cry Out
The successes of the Uber commercial transport services, in Ghana has angered some taxi drivers who think that Uber was taking away their business. The taxi drivers, especially from the Committed...
Uber Killing Our Business
The introduction of Uber taxi services in Ghana is driving local cab drivers out of business, Francis Appiah, Public Relations Officer of the Committed Drivers Association of Ghana, has said. Uber, a...
Taxi Unions To Protest Unfair Competition By Uber
Taxi unions in the country have given government a 4-day ultimatum to force Uber services to comply with all operational terms in running taxi-cab services in the country. The taxi drivers have...
Articulator Truck Runs Into Building, Injures 5
Five persons are reported injured with one in a critical condition at the Techiman Holy Family Hospital in the Brong Ahafo Region after an articulator truck skipped off the road running into a...
Increment In Transport Fares Politically Motivated
Pressure group, Alliance for Accountable Governance (AFAG) an affiliate to the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) says the 15% increment in transport fares is politically motivated. The group has...
Government Must Reduce Fuel Prices – Taxi Drivers
Some floating taxi drivers in the nation’s capital- Accra are left reeling after the adjustment in transport fares, which they complain will not inure to their benefit. According to them, a...
Transport Fare Hikes Disappointing – AFAG
The Alliance for Accountable Governance (AFAG) has said the recent hike in transport fares is not justified, following the recent drop in fuel prices. Arnold Boateng, a spokesperson for AFAG, has...
Of Transport Fares, Insults and Fisticuffs
THE news albeit bitter for, especially passengers and commuters, is that road transport fares have been increased by 15 per cent. This was announced in a release issued last Monday and jointly...
Taxi Drivers To Demonstrate If Gov’t Fails To Reduce Fuel Prices
Some taxi drivers in the country have planned to embark on a demonstration this Wednesday, April 5 if government does not reduce the prices of fuel. The drivers who belong to the “True Drivers...
Transport Fares Go Up By 15% From Thursday
The new fares take effect from Thursday, April 6 Road transport fares have been increased by 15 per cent, 3news.com can confirm. The new fares take effect from Thursday, April 6, a release from the...
London Taxi Company’s New Ansty Park Plant Opens In Coventry
A black cab manufacturer that was "on its knees" five years ago is officially opening a new £300m plant, creating more than 1,000 jobs. The London Taxi Company's (LTC) Ansty Park site in Coventry is...
Taxi-Hailing App Grab Hits the Road In Myanmar
Ride-hailing firm Grab launched a trial service in Yangon on Tuesday, becoming the first international company to enter Myanmar and stealing a march on fierce rival Uber in the largely untapped...
Togo Fuel Price Hikes Hit Household Budgets
Emmanuel Sogadji has a message for the government in Togo from people who are being squeezed by fuel price rises: "Enough is enough!" The consumer group he heads has given the administration two...
Uber Stops Using Greyball ‘secret Program’ To Dodge Regulators
Uber says it will ban a secret software tool from being used to evade undercover regulators. The software, called Greyball, seeks to identify officials around the world trying to catch Uber drivers...
Uber Stops Using Greyball ‘secret Program’ To Dodge Regulators
Uber says it will ban a secret software tool from being used to evade undercover regulators. The software, called Greyball, seeks to identify officials around the world trying to catch Uber drivers...
Uber Uses ‘secret Program’ Greyball To Hide From Regulators
Uber has been using a secret program to prevent undercover regulators from shutting down the taxi-hailing service in cities around the world. The software, called Greyball, sought to identify...
Trader Sentenced To 15 Years For Robbing Taxi Driver
An Accra Circuit Court, presided over by Mr Aboagye Tandoh has sentenced one Awale Fuseini, a Trader to 15 years imprisonment in hard labour. Fuseini was said to have conspired with another person...
Burkina Parties For Top Film Festival A Year After Attacks
A year after jihadist attacks killed 33 people, Burkina Faso's capital is kicking up its heels on the back of Africa's top film festival, which it has hosted since 1969. Heavily made-up prostitutes...
Beyond the Speech and Personal Example, Mr. President [Article]
Going through President AkufoAddo’s maiden state of the nation address, I was impressed that he spent three-quarters of his 16-page speech on the issue of our attitudes as a people. On page 3, the...