Uganda: How Profitable Is Uganda's Special Hire Taxi Business?

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A few years ago, one would have to go to a taxi stage to find a special hire taxi if they needed one. If you were lucky to have their contacts, you would then call one and if he was far, then you would wait until they returned.

All this changed last year when Uber, an online taxi service launched in Uganda taking the industry by surprise and changing urban mobility. But before this, there was entry of some private car hire businesses into the industry.

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