UBER BY NUMBERS

$70 billion (R910 billion) Uber’s estimated net worth 40 million

Number of monthly active riders recorded as of October 2016 2 million Uber trips taken in South Africa in 2015 14 000 Employees at Uber 2009

The year UberCab was founded – it became Uber in 2011 (the name comes from the German “über”, meaning “above”) 580 km Longest Uber trip taken in SA (from Joburg to Durban) 570 Cities served worldwide 4 The number of years Uber has operated in South Africa