Uber is partnering with First Bank, one of the country’s leading facilitators of privatisation

Uber is partnering with First Bank, one of the country’s leading facilitators of privatisation, to offer loans to Nigeria drivers. As Uber has expanded in Africa, protests have mounted. “In Lagos, Nigeria's biggest city where Uber launched in 2014, the service has not caused much controversy, according to BBC Africa. But this is probably because it has yet to rock the boat: in Lagos, it is considered a niche service used by relatively few.”