In the countries where they are present, boda bodas can provide transportation options to riders and job opportunities to drivers while at the same time resulting in an increase in road hazards and collisions and unnecessary injuries and deaths.

6 小时之前 · At the heart of Kampala’s ruthless traffic and pulsating city life, boda boda riders weave through streets, dodging potholes, buses and, sometimes, unfair judgment. For years, they have been painted with a broad brush—as unruly, reckless, even dangerous. To many in the city’s middle-class, boda boda riders are seen as symbols of chaos on two […]

2022年3月17日 · Kenya’s removal of import duty on motorcycles led to the instant creation of tens of thousands of new jobs in the transport sector, notably in the growth of motorcycle taxis, better known as boda...

2024年8月20日 · The motorcycle taxis, known locally as boda-bodas, are ubiquitous in East African capitals like Nairobi and Kigali. But nowhere in the region have boda-boda numbers been surging more dramatically than in Kampala, a city of 3 million people, no mass transit system and rampant unemployment.

12 小时之前 · Boda boda riders, who interact with hundreds of people daily, are now doubling as health ambassadors, spreading awareness and ensuring more Kenyans take advantage of the SHA program. To make payments seamless and manageable, the government has also introduced a daily mobile money deduction system. Instead of requiring large lump-sum payments ...

2019年7月1日 · A common sight in many African cities is the motorcycle taxi transport, known as “boda boda” 1 in Kenya and Uganda, “piki piki” in parts of Tanzania and “okada” in Nigeria (Oluwadiya, Oginni, Olasinde, & Fadiora, 2004; Solagberu et al., 2006). It has increasingly been the subject of international interest, following a TV documentary ...

2023年8月8日 · Boda-Boda derives its name from "border-border", being originally used to transport goods between Uganda and Kenya. Since it was introduced in Busia in 1988, these motorbike and bicycle taxis have spread to several towns in Uganda, and gradually throughout East Africa, Central Africa and West Africa.

2022年3月10日 · In our series of letters from African writers, Kenyan broadcaster Waihiga Mwaura reflects on the latest outrage allegedly carried out by riders of motorbike taxis and asks why it seems so...

2023年8月20日 · When Bulaimu Muwanga Kibirige (known popularly as BMK) imported used Japanese motorcycles in 1994 and distributed them to boda boda riders, they took off like wildfire. Thus transforming the boda boda industry into what we know today, a mass of motorised cycles that play a key role in Uganda’s economic, political, and social life.

2024年1月7日 · The biggest incentive to go electric for the 27-year-old rider of a motorbike taxi - known locally as a "boda-boda" - was the promise of saving money at a time when fuel prices keep rising.