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White cab drivers in Cairo are trying to mirror their ride-hailing app rivals Uber and Careem using instant messaging app WhatsApp, Al Masry Al Youm reports<\/a>. A number of drivers have launched a group on the messaging app dubbed \u201cTaxi Whats,\u201d which works as a more rudimentary version of the ride-hailing apps, allowing clients to request a driver a half hour in advance through the group. An administrator coordinates with available drivers and forwards clients the driver\u2019s picture and license plates numbers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

White cab drivers in Cairo are trying to mirror their ride-hailing app rivals Uber and Careem using instant messaging app WhatsApp, Al Masry Al Youm reports. A number of drivers have launched a group on the messaging app dubbed \u201cTaxi Whats,\u201d which works as a more rudimentary version of the ride-hailing apps, allowing clients to […]<\/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":[9257],"tags":[72],"brand":[],"newspack_spnsrs_tax":[],"class_list":["post-641155","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-on-your-way-out","tag-enterpriseam","wpautop","entry"],"acf":{"mongo_id":"013f6781-aee2-4805-92bb-f193cf8a2dd6","order":"0","is_powered_by":true,"section_story_id":"7e98102f-ebfa-4fa4-a525-5d203e8cc37e","story_type":"1","photo_url":"","photo_position":"above","related_issue":[641116],"teaser":"","voice_url":""},"yoast_head":"\nWhite cab drivers fight back, launch Taxi Whats to mirror rivals Uber and Careem - 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\/09\/13\/white-cab-drivers-fight-back-launch-taxi-whats-to-mirror-rivals-uber-and-careem\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"White cab drivers fight back, launch Taxi Whats to mirror rivals Uber and Careem\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"White cab drivers in Cairo are trying to mirror their ride-hailing app rivals Uber and Careem using instant messaging app WhatsApp, Al Masry Al Youm reports. 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