e-hailing

Three developments across the continent reveal how African markets are adopting technology not for novelty, but survival—whether it's e-hailing drivers buying dash cams for protection, vivo targeting power-starved consumers, or PlasmaLeap securing $20M for fertiliser innovation.

As a fourth suspect surrenders in the killing of Pretoria driver Isaac Satlat, South Africa's e-hailing industry confronts a brutal reality: their workers have become prey in a profession where survival depends on trusting strangers in the dark.