Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi, Chief of the US Mission in Egypt Thomas Goldberger, and Investment Minister Sahar Nasr launched a new service in Egypt dubbed “Uber Bus”, as of Tuesday, December 4 – making Egypt the first country in the world to receive the service. Uber Bus was announced as part of the company’s investment plan in Egypt, as it pumps US$100 million over the next five years. The company stated that it has been testing Uber Bus since September 2018. The service will cover the areas of Nasr City, Heliopolis, downtown Cairo, and Mohandessin at the outset, and then expand to other areas across Cairo in the coming months. Uber also announced its new Uber Lite application, a version of Uber that can operate under a slow Internet connection, and on older Android devices.

Source: Egypt Independent December 05, 2018 09:33 UTC