“Just follow all the others,” says the doorman at a large office building when asked for directions to the Uber office. A steady stream of mostly young men leads to a narrow hallway filled with more men, all busy filling out forms. A door to the right opens up into the main reception area where a training is underway where there are easily a hundred men in attendance. Uber Egypt’s general manager Anthony el-Khoury apologizes for the chaos. “We’re in the process of moving to a new, much bigger, office.” “As you can see, we’re expanding like crazy,” el-Khoury says as he makes a wide arm gesture around the crowded room. “We have training three times a week and all of them are this busy. A lot of people want to work for us,” he smiles. Uber is an on-demand car-sharing service, where users can request a ride using a smartphone application. The app connects their request to the nearest available car. Payment is then automatically deducted from the user’s credit card after the ride is completed. Founded in March 2009 in California, US, the service launched in Egypt in November 2014. With low wages and…
Tackling Unemployment and Sexual Harassment: Uber Egypt Delivers More Than Safe Rides
January 13, 2016
