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Uber is considering launching Uber Pool in the Middle East as part of its plans for growth in the region<\/strong>, COO Barney Hartford tells Forbes Middle East. Obstacles like a challenging regulatory environment make this more of a long-term plan, but the company is definitely looking to enter the high occupancy vehicle segment in markets like Egypt.<\/strong> Uber was said to be investing as much as USD 100 mn<\/a> to build a support center in Egypt this year under a plan that sees it \u201cdoubling down\u201d its investment in the MENA region and Pakistan where it sees numerous opportunities for growth.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Uber is considering launching Uber Pool in the Middle East as part of its plans for growth in the region, COO Barney Hartford tells Forbes Middle East. Obstacles like a challenging regulatory environment make this more of a long-term plan, but the company is definitely looking to enter the high occupancy vehicle segment in markets […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"single-feature.php","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"newspack_ads_suppress_ads":false,"newspack_popups_has_disabled_popups":false,"newspack_sponsor_sponsorship_scope":"","newspack_sponsor_native_byline_display":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_native_category_display":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_underwriter_style":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_underwriter_placement":"inherit","ep_exclude_from_search":false,"_primary_brand":0,"newspack_featured_image_position":"","newspack_post_subtitle":"","newspack_article_summary_title":"Overview:","newspack_article_summary":"","newspack_hide_updated_date":false,"newspack_show_updated_date":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8572],"tags":[72,2380],"brand":[],"newspack_spnsrs_tax":[],"class_list":["post-628840","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-speed-round","tag-enterpriseam","tag-speed-round","wpautop","entry"],"acf":{"mongo_id":"5d9fd319-e947-46a5-b512-2bc7c54e5be0","order":"0","is_powered_by":true,"section_story_id":"5f7c01ca-3e1b-4f12-ac63-26ccd4310542","story_type":"1","photo_url":"","photo_position":"above","related_issue":[628822],"teaser":"","voice_url":""},"yoast_head":"\nUber considering launching ride-sharing service Uber Pool in the Middle East - EnterpriseAM Egypt<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2018\/05\/15\/uber-considering-launching-ride-sharing-service-uber-pool-in-the-middle-east\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Uber considering launching ride-sharing service Uber Pool in the Middle East\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Uber is considering launching Uber Pool in the Middle East as part of its plans for growth in the region, COO Barney Hartford tells Forbes Middle East. 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