Uber is launching its Uber Cash digital wallet feature in Sub-Saharan Africa through a partnership with San Francisco-based fintech firm Flutterwave.
This feature has reduced the need for cash payments or direct withdrawals from their bank accounts, the latter being a somewhat problematic process that requires customers to give out sensitive card information.
The partnership will allow riders to top up Uber wallets by using the remittance partners active on Flutterwave’s Pan-African network. Moreover, Uber Cash in Africa will also accept transfers from Flutterwave’s Barter payment app, launched with Visa in 2019.
The new digital wallet feature will be live in Nigeria, Kenya, South Africa, Uganda, and Ghana within the next two weeks. These markets remain Uber’s biggest markets in sub-Saharan Africa.
“Depending on the country, you’ve got a different top-up method available. For example, in Nigeria, you can use your Verve Card or mobile money. In Kenya, you can use M-Pesa and EFT and in South Africa, you can top up with EFT,” said Alon Lits Uber’s General Manager for Sub-Saharan Africa
