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2020/10/21 Topic Reading-Vol.3115-10/21/2020

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Uber launches medicines delivery service in South Africa

South Africa’s economy had been the largest in Africa until populous Nigeria took the place recently. With a population of 60 million, most of whom are black Africans, it is classified as a newly industrialized country by the World Bank. The country is not much behind to recent surge in food delivery services, which has already reached USD600 million, approximately $10 per mouth. Indeed, even though there are many people who are still struggling for the next meal, the country’s smartphone subscriptions have reached 54 million, nearly 90% of the population. There, Uber Eats, the largest food dispatcher in the market, has recently added an app-based over-the-counter (OTC) medicines service to its offering. Though there already are online medicine delivery service chains, Uber Eats offers a one-stop solution with ride-hailing and grocery delivery services to over 2 million users on a single app.

Of course, people want fewer apps on their smartphones and that’s why Alipay and WeChat Pay dominate China’s gigantic and still-exploding everything-in-one-platform market.

Sure, most of the phones are made in China. Why not?

Enjoy reading the article and learn about South Africa’s growing delivery service market.

https://edition.cnn.com/2020/10/15/africa/uber-medicines-delivery-south-africa-intl/index.html

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