For all the attention garnered by Uber, with given cars being impounded, drivers being attacked and politicians being confused at how to regulate, there’s another disruptor rapidly – but quietly – being embraced in South Africa: Airbnb. And here there aren’t
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An angry crowd has attacked Uber cars with bars and stones outside Mexico City airport, the latest in a series of worldwide protests against the ride-hailing app. More than a thousand taxi drivers blocked streets in Rio de Janeiro a few days ago, and the service has
Controversial child visa laws in South Africa have not hurt fast-growing Internet accommodation sharing service Airbnb’s business in the country. This is according to Airbnb’s GM for the Middle East and Africa, Nicola D’Elia. In June
Internet accommodation sharing service Airbnb has played down fears that regulation could impact its business in South Africa similar to that experienced by Uber. Ride-sharing service Uber has come under regulatory pressure in South Africa
Fast-growing online lodging service Airbnb has outlined plans to expand its presence in South Africa. The company’s CEO, Brian Chesky, who was in Johannesburg on Monday, said South Africa is
Brian Chesky doesn’t have a home. He has spent the last three years sleeping on strangers’ couches, in spare rooms and in vacant holiday homes. In 2010, he decided that the best way to improve Airbnb’s service was a tried and trusted method called “eating your own dogfood” – in other words