Carmakers lure ride-hailer, delivery drivers in Africa

NAIROBI (Reuters) - At Suzuki Motor Corp's showroom in the Kenyan capital, hundreds of its Alto compact cars are waiting to be collected.Most of the customers are drivers for ride-hailing company Uber Technologies [UBER.UL], which struck a loans and discount deal with the Japanese carmaker and South Africa's Stanbic Bank , at the beginning of the year. Africa should be a huge growth market for automakers. Transport links are weak and personal car ownership is low. There are 25 cars per 1000..