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<\/p>\nThe Chief Brand Officer at Uber, Bozoma Saint John has stated that the future belongs to companies that can connect technology to people to make it easier for them to do their work.<\/p>\n
According to the Ghanaian-American Global Marketing icon, Uber has defined that purpose by using technology and service delivery to move people from one point to another with ease at an affordable rate.<\/p>\n
\u201cUber is a future company. It is where technology is impacting not just what we do every day, but how we do it. For me, as I look at the world of Silicon Valley and corporate America and the larger world in general from a corporate and business standpoint, there are lots of ways in which communities are being shaped. I felt very strongly that Uber has a very large part of how that\u2019s going to work and I want to be a part of that,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
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Saint John was speaking at the African Leadership Initiative West Africa, ALIWA Leadership Speaker Series, held on Thursday at the Labadi Beach Hotel in Accra.<\/p>\n
ALIWA was launched in 2006 as a joint venture of the Aspen Institute, LEAP Africa (Nigeria), Databank Foundation (Ghana), and Tecno Serve.<\/p>\n
ALIWA captures the energy, talent and the resolve of an emerging generation of leaders in Africa by employing time-tested method of text-based dialogue modeled after the Aspen Institute’s\u00a0 renowned Henry Crown Fellowship program.<\/p>\n
Dignitaries including Austrian-German-Ghanaian actor, Boris Kodjoe, Board Chairman of the National Communications Authority (NCA), Kwaku Sakyi-Addo, CEO of Ghana Chamber of Telecommunications, Kenneth Ashigbey, Esther Armah, British-born playwright, radio host and political commentator, and a host of others graced the event<\/p>\n
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About Uber <\/strong><\/p>\n Uber Technologies Inc. is a global taxi technology company headquartered in San Francisco, California, United States, operating in over 630 cities worldwide.<\/p>\n In Ghana, Uber is present in the national capital Accra, and the Ashanti Regional capital, Kumasi. Hundreds of drivers have jumped onto the platform to make a living either on full-time or part-time basis.<\/p>\n Founded in 2009, Uber\u00a0 develops, markets and operates the Uber car transportation. In some cities, Uber also engages in food delivery mobile apps.<\/p>\n In recent times, there had been arguments about whether Uber was a transport company or a technology service provider.<\/p>\n Within Europe, that argument has been settled, after the European Court of Justice (ECJ) ruled that Uber is a transport company.<\/p>\n The ride-hailing firm argued it was an information society service \u2013 helping people to make contact with each other electronically \u2013 and not a cab firm.<\/p>\n The case arose after Uber was told to obey local taxi rules in Barcelona.<\/p>\n Uber said the verdict would make little difference to the way it operated in Europe, but experts say the case could have implications for the gig economy.<\/p>\n An Uber spokesperson said: \u201cThis ruling will not change things in most EU countries where we already operate under transportation law.<\/p>\n \u201cHowever, millions of Europeans are still prevented from using apps like ours. As our new CEO has said, it is appropriate to regulate services such as Uber and so we will continue the dialogue with cities across Europe. This is the approach we\u2019ll take to ensure everyone can get a reliable ride at the tap of a button.\u201d<\/p>\n In its ruling, the ECJ said that a service whose purpose was \u201cto connect, by means of a smartphone application and for remuneration, non-professional drivers using their own vehicle with persons who wish to make urban journeys\u201d must be classified as \u201ca service in the field of transport\u201d in EU law.<\/p>\n It added: \u201cAs EU law currently stands, it is for the member states to regulate the conditions under which such services are to be provided in conformity with the general rules of the treaty on the functioning of the EU.\u201d<\/p>\n About Bozoma Saint John<\/strong><\/p>\n Bozoma Saint John is the Chief Brand Officer at Uber, where she is tasked with telling stories of over million of riders and drivers partners across 600+ cities.<\/p>\n Over the course of her career, Bozoma \u201cBoz\u201d Saint John has earned a formidable reputation as a trailblazing marketing and advertising executive.<\/p>\n Most recently, Boz was the Head of Global Consumer Marketing for Apple Music and iTunes.<\/p>\n Before Apple,Boz was the Head of the Music and Entertaintment Marketing Group at Pepsi-Cola North America.<\/p>\n She also served as VP of Ashley Stewart, a women\u2019s fashion brand as well as managed accounts at advertising agencies Arnold Worldwide and Spike Lee\u2019s SpikeDDB.<\/p>\n By: Lawrence Segbefia & Ebenezer Afanyi Dadzie\/citibusinessnews.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n Photos: Godwin A. Allotey<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Chief Brand Officer at Uber, Bozoma Saint John has stated that the future belongs to companies that can connect technology to people to make it easier for them to do their work. According to the Ghanaian-American Global Marketing icon, Uber has defined that purpose by using technology and service delivery to move people from […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":388642,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[32,106,11],"tags":[618,15863,7918,3,114],"yoast_head":"\n![\"\"](\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Uber-App.jpg\")
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