A beauty contest controversy turned Uber into an unlikely battlefield between Nigeria and South Africa (restofworld.org)
from True@lemy.lol to technology@lemmy.ml on 23 Aug 2024 20:40
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Moonrise2473@feddit.it on 24 Aug 2024 07:14 next collapse

Weird that the apps were allowing to book from such a distance, they don’t check the GPS position?

Really bad prank this, the drivers are paying it…

Moonrise2473@feddit.it on 24 Aug 2024 07:18 collapse

burning petrol which is already scarce and expensive in Nigeria

The price quadrupled due to scarcity yet export billions of barrels of oil to India and Europe

Infrastructure made just for exploiting extraction and not refining it locally…