Reimagining the Road to Zero in the Global South: What Did We Learn and What Opportunities Lie Ahead for the African Region?
Earlier this year, the Global Partnership for Informal Transportation and the SLOCAT Partnership took on the challenge of creating a space for leading voices who are thinking about how we can recruit, work with, and reimagine the informal transport sector …
Transit-Oriented Development as an Anchor to Compact, Equitable, and Accessible African Cities
by Carolyne Mimano, Maureen Kinyua, and Christopher Kost, Institute for Transportation and Development Policy (ITDP) Transit-Oriented Development (TOD) brings compact, mixed-use development in proximity to high-quality rapid transit. Shown here is the BRT corridor in Dar es Salaam. Around the …
Shaping COP27 around African Climate, Health and Transport Priorities
by Desmond Appiah (Clean Air Fund), Alison Doig (Health and Climate Network) and Karl Peet (SLOCAT Partnership) This is Kigali in Rwanda, “Africa’s cleanest city”. Credit photo by Tim Treza (Afrik Buzz, 2021) There is an urgent need to deliver …
Overcoming Arrested Mobility for Persons with Disabilities Across Africa
By Robert Ambunda with inputs by Fatoumata Diallo, Cabrel Tokam, Bianca Ryseck and Richard Unuigboje, SLOCAT-VREF Young Leaders in Sustainable Transport Figure 1: International White Cane day, Swakopmund, Namibia Photo courtesy of Adam Hartman, The Namibian News (2020). Willy Johannes …
Raising Awareness for Safer Pedestrian Walkways in Harare, Zimbabwe
by Sam Nyaude, Founder and Executive Director, Road Safe Zimbabwe Trust The urban jungle trying to get to the other side of the road in Harare, Zimbabwe. Credit photo by Sam Nyaude (2021) Walking is the oldest and the primary …
Ethio-Djibouti Railway: a Line for People, Goods and the Planet
by Tebebu Terefe Mencha, Chief Safety Officer, Ethio-Djibouti Railway Here is a picture of the Ethio-Djibouti Railway (EDR) Credit photo by EDR. The Ethio-Djibouti Railway is a real success story not only for my country, but for Africa. Since its …
Safer Roads for All in Africa
by Ayikai Poswayo, Programme Director, Amend An exterior view of the Justin Kabwe School in Zambia after SARSAI programme (2017) Credit photo by Amend I remember the day of my undergraduate civil engineering graduation – it was a day of …
Raising Ambition for Transport in African Countries’ Climate Strategies
by Cabrel Tokam, Policy Advocacy and Outreach Intern, SLOCAT Partnership Here is a picture of Kwame, owner of a dilapidated car which he uses to buy and sell goods in the capital city of Yaounde, Cameroon. Photo courtesy of SLOCAT …
Public Transport Challenges in Africa: Mapping and Transit Data as a Remedy
by Ben Welle, Iman Abubaker and Agraw Ali, World Resources Institute Commuters waiting for the next bus desperately around Meskel Square – Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Credit photo by Agraw Ali. Long queues for public transport have become common sights during …
Now Is the Time to Address Africa’s Dependency on Used Vehicle: Ghana’s Story
by Festival Godwin Boateng, Postdoctoral Research Scholar, Columbia Climate School USA Used vehicles in Accra’s streets, Ghana Photo courtesy of Yinka Ibukun, Bloomberg News (2016). The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) estimates that more than 60% of the vehicles added to …