Uber has allowed people who have never considered driving for a living to use the app to become their own boss, to work flexibly and make money to achieve their goals and support their families.

Upskilling the industry

Driver-partners are important to Uber; therefore, Uber is committed to upskilling drivers with the skills they need to run their own businesses. This includes skills linked to operating on the app, such as guidance for using a smartphone efficiently, GPS and navigation, health and safety best practices, working with email or tips on how to improve service to their riders.

Helping grow your business

With the hustle and bustle of Ghana’s capital, Uber makes it easy for drivers to connect to riders looking for affordable and safe transport. Uber has connected with great corporate partners across Ghana to provide tools for Ghanaians to get started with their own small businesses, which is a great first step to becoming their own boss.

With some of these corporate partnerships, drivers are able to purchase mobile phones at an affordable rate, maintenance packages, discounted lifestyle membership fees at select gyms and other perks.  

Uber is efficient

Uber’s technology is designed to help drivers by giving them the flexibility to set their own schedule while boosting demand so drivers spend more time moving people and less time sitting idle, which means drivers are able to take more money home.

This also mean it’s better for Accra, with fewer km’s spent driving to pick up points which results in fewer emissions and overtime hopefully less unnecessary congestion on Ghana’s roads.

No discrimination

With Uber there is no discrimination or favouritism, the technology is open to all who want to use the app to increase their chances for profit and will work with them to provide them with the tools to build their own small businesses. When there are more drivers working on the Uber app this means better coverage across Ghana and Accra and less time waiting times for riders. Faster pick ups lead to happier riders, who tell their friends.

Be your own boss

As an independent contractor with Uber, driver-partners have the freedom and flexibility to drive whenever they have time. They are able to set their own schedule because there are no minimum times for operating. Choosing your own hours makes it possible for drivers to be there for all of life’s most important moments. Individuals who own their own transportation companies can still carry on and use the Uber app to connect their drivers with riders and grow their small businesses.

Alon Lits, General Manager, Sub-Saharan Africa at Uber says, “Through Uber we hope that we can help reduce the unemployment rate in Accra by empower driver-partners to be their own boss and have more control over their own financial future. We are proud to be able to provide the opportunity to driver-partners to not only be their own bosses, work at their own hours and set their own targets, but also to make a living for themselves and their families.”

About Uber

Uber’s mission is to help people get a ride at the push of a button - everywhere and for everyone. We started in 2009 to solve a simple problem - how do you get a ride at the touch of a button? Six years and over two billion trips later, we’ve started tackling an even greater challenge: reducing congestion and pollution in our cities by getting more people into fewer cars.

The Uber network is now available in over 475 cities in over 75 countries spanning 6 continents. To request a ride, users must download the free application for Android, iPhone, Blackberry 7, or register for Uber at www.uber.com/go. For questions visit www.uber.com