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Carmakers lure ride-hailer, delivery drivers in Africa

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At Suzuki Motor Corp's showroom in the Kenyan capital, hundreds of its Alto compact cars are waiting to be collected. Most of the customers are drivers for ride-hailing company Uber Technologies, which struck a loans and discount deal with the Japanese carmaker and South Africa's Stanbic Bank, at the beginning of the year.
 
 
 
 
 

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