Uber to only hire accredited taxi drivers in Myanmar
Uber, which has just started operating in Myanmar, has decided to only hire government-accredited taxi companies, in order to avoid legal complications. The company is partnering with local taxi drivers and their unions to provide its services, being of the view that ‘having the government support from day one is pretty powerful’ (according to Sam Bool, Uber’s expansion general manager for South East Asia, cited by Reuters).
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