Her appointment comes after her predecessor, Ebi Atawodi, was made Product Manager, Global Payments Growth for Uber worldwide.

She worked at McKinsey and Company for three and a half years, before joining Uber. She also worked as a governance adviser with the Liberian Presidency through the Africa Governance Initiative.

“I am immensely pleased to be joining Uber at a pivotal point in the company’s growth and expansion curve. My vision for West Africa, in particular, is to ensure that we are aligned with Uber’s overall objective of creating sustainable, alternative modes of mobility. In addition to creating value for driver-partners and riders, I will also be focused on ensuring that we continue to engage with our key stakeholders and relevant partners with a view to continuing positive impact across West Africa,” Lola said after she was appointed.

“As a company that is deeply committed to diversity and inclusiveness, we are excited to have Lola join the team of other incredible women at Uber who are pushing the envelope towards achieving the global vision of creating value for riders and driver-partners alike. In West Africa, Lola will be supported by a highly skilled and enthusiastic team covering Operations, Communications and Legal and Policy,” said Along Lits, General Manager, Sub-Saharan Africa.

Lola Kassim holds a Bachelor’s degree from Harvard University and an MSc from the London School of Economics where she was a Chevening Scholar.

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The company is expected to replace the cocoa trees with pineapple and rubber plantations.

The farmers to be affected the most are in Abamkrom and Nyanoa Kwaba.

According to them, the directive will render them jobless and affect the future of their children.

The farmers argue the destruction of their cocoa farms amounts to “stabbing them with a dagger in the dark” and will also make them die prematurely.

They called on the District Chief Executive, the Minister of Food and Agriculture and the President to arrest the situation.

Meanwhile, the District Chief Executive for the area, Ohene Asifo Bekoe says the situation is beyond him as the landowners have already sold the land to the investors.

“The case of worry in this investment drive being undertaken by the landowners some of whom are chiefs is, they have sold out these big lands which mostly are cocoa farms and what happens is that, they have to cut down all the cocoa trees for the rubber and pineapple plantation to take place.”

Mr. Asifo Bekoe called for a policy that will stop the situation and called on COCOBOD to intervene as well.

“We need to sit down and talk to the landowners, since they own the land they have the right and the choice to decide what they use the land for. What about the poor peasant farmer? Do we have to cut down all the trees today in place of investment, while the farmer takes home ‘peanut’ in terms of compensation for the cocoa tree?” he asked.

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