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A court in Egypt has banned transportation tech company Uber and one other riding app Careem after complaints from Taxi drivers.

The Taxi drivers had petitioned the court asking that the government stops licensing Uber and Careem, a petition that has now been accepted by the court, according to AFP.

Taxi drivers in Egypt had complained that the drivers for both app services were excluded from the payment of hefty fees to operate transportation vehicles.

In February this year Uber pulled out of Morocco due to the North African country’s failure to reform its strict transport rules, according to the company.

Local media reported that Uber operated for nearly three years illegally in Morocco with 19,000 users and over 300 drivers working with the company.

Last year Uber was declared officially as a transport company and not a digital service by the European Court of Justice (ECJ).

The firm argued it was an information society service – helping people to make contact with each other electronically – and not a cab firm.

Taxi drivers in parts of African have on several occasions clashed with drivers using the Uber app.

 

Source: Africafeeds.com

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