BBC
Taxi-hailing service Uber has launched in Uganda's capital, Kampala.
Ugandans with a good internet connection, and the cash, can now order a taxi on their smartphone.
US-headquartered Uber has seen explosive growth in many cities across the world and is now valued at more than $60bn (£42bn).
But it has provoked controversy and even violent riots in some countries, where traditional taxi drivers feel the service is muscling in unfairly on their business.
It now operates in 12 African cities, but Kampala could be a very tough nut to crack.
There aren't many people here who can afford private taxi rides, compared with South African or Nigerian cities like Cape Town and Lagos.
And even those who can might still prefer motorbike taxis, known as boda bodas, which get you around quickly and cheaply.
Listen: The Boda Boda boom (BBC World Service documentary)
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