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<\/a> Ride-hailing app Uber announced yesterday that it invested USD 20 mn in the new support center it inaugurated in Cairo<\/strong>, according to Reuters<\/a>. Despite challenging economic conditions, Uber\u2019s EMEA chief Pierre-Dimitri Gore-Coty said that \u201cwe\u2019re here to stay and we\u2019ll continue to invest to be able to serve citizens over here.\u201d The center is the company\u2019s first in the Middle East, according to an Investment Ministry statement<\/a>. Uber is also in talks to launch a new bus service<\/a> in Egypt.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Ride-hailing app Uber announced yesterday that it invested USD 20 mn in the new support center it inaugurated in Cairo, according to Reuters. Despite challenging economic conditions, Uber\u2019s EMEA chief Pierre-Dimitri Gore-Coty said that \u201cwe\u2019re here to stay and we\u2019ll continue to invest to be able to serve citizens over here.\u201d The center is the […]<\/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-638669","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-speed-round","tag-enterpriseam","tag-speed-round","wpautop","entry"],"acf":{"mongo_id":"89cd541d-4f96-4a9f-b166-ba527e0e6672","order":"0","is_powered_by":true,"section_story_id":"c4293de0-00b4-43d6-a7da-51e4eff7f54d","story_type":"1","photo_url":"","photo_position":"above","related_issue":[638654],"teaser":"","voice_url":""},"yoast_head":"\nUber invests USD 20 mn in new service center in Egypt - 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\/2017\/10\/11\/uber-invests-usd-20-mn-in-new-service-center-in-egypt\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Uber invests USD 20 mn in new service center in Egypt\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Ride-hailing app Uber announced yesterday that it invested USD 20 mn in the new support center it inaugurated in Cairo, according to Reuters. 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