Overview
- Uber announced on Wednesday that it has stopped operating in Nigeria and Uganda with immediate effect and will close local services and apps in those countries.
- The company will keep help centres open through 23 September and has committed one-time goodwill payments to affected drivers while it handles outstanding rider and data queries.
- Uber tied the decision to a strategic review that prioritises markets with greater scale and profitability and coincides with a global workforce reduction of roughly 3,300 roles.
- Reports and company comments point to sustained price competition from rivals such as Bolt, rising fuel and operational costs, currency volatility, driver protests and regulatory friction as key pressures on profitability.
- The exit ends more than a decade of Uber operations in Nigeria and is likely to prompt expansion by local and regional apps such as Bolt, inDrive, Faras and SafeBoda, with direct effects on drivers’ incomes and commuter choices.