During a decade on the continent, Uber has often cut drivers’ pay and added little value to local economies. Governments should admit it is not economic progress but imperial exploitation
of the platform companies from policy and labour relations dialogue, has been discussed. In the decade since Uber’s launch on the continent, the vision of the inclusion and empowerment of African workers in a new, flexible, egalitarian world of work has not materialised.
In Kenya, Uber slashed drivers’ earnings in a 35% fare cut in 2016, and subsequently launched a cut-price service, UberChapChap, which paid even less. A similar cut-price service, UberGo, was introduced in. Drivers, locked into car financing or rental agreements, often facilitated through Uber’s partnerships with local banks, and with limited alternative employment prospects, had little choice but to accept the new rates.
In countries where much work takes place in the informal economy without labour protections such as a minimum wage, platform contractual arrangements have been justified as a step-up from the status quo. However, they have forcibly closed off avenues for improvement in labour standards and collective bargaining, and aimed to normalise and legitimise precarious labour as standard.
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