#4 Techbytes: Are Nigerian Uber/Bolt Drivers Workers or Partners?

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Episode notes

In this episode of Techbytes, we discuss major topics in the world of tech from last week. This includes the proposed price hike in calls, and messages by telecom companies in Nigeria; the proposed 5G launch in Nigeria; Airbnb's 70% revenue growth; and Binance's investment in Elon Musk's $44bn purchase of Twitter.

We proceed to discuss our big story for the week, "The right of workers in a changing corporate system - the case of app-based drivers". We speak with Mr Ayoade Ibrahim, President of the National Union of Professional App-Based Workers to help us understand the challenges facing ride-hailing app drivers in Nigeria and how we may navigate the problems.