Bodaboda

The faster way to travel in Kampala — Part of an historic series of travel logs from 2019 Trip to East Africa. Oct 3rd 2019 Yesterday was a busy day, with us venturing out to Bugolobi to visit Caz’s aunt. Bugolobi is a residential area where a lot of officials such as public workers stay, previously government housing…

Earlier this year, we accepted the only way to deal with the lack of comparable boda boda data in Kampala was for us to start collecting the data ourselves. So we conducted the first quarterly boda boda report, assessing helmet usage and utilization. For the second quarterly survey, we again…

Nduthi- Motorbike. It’s past midnight and Jack is heading home on his recently purchased nduthi — a Bajaj Boxer X150cc. Along the way, he pays heed to the waves of a tall, skinny, middle-aged man in a blue parka, a white t-shirt underneath it, and black loose-fit jeans below. In…

We’ve all got this group of friends who get together over the weekend to hit the outdoors. A few year’s ago, we got together with some friends and hit the bicycle trail. It was a relatively flat trail that we’d frequented before. We’d been following the green dots on the…

There are two things a newcomer is told on arrival in Kampala, Uganda. The first is “Welcome”, because we are kind, warm, hospitable darlings and even though a few of us will try to con you out of money, we will do it with warmth and a smile. …

E-mobility in Africa has certainly made the headlines lately. As we are writing this, the last article was from ESI Africa and the industry has already been covered by the likes of CNN, CNBC and Bloomberg. It is estimated that there are 15 million moto-taxis in Sub-Saharan Africa and that…

The images show a truck burnt by an angry mob in Oyo, Nigeria, after accidentally hitting and killing a young boy. — Two images shared on Facebook claiming to show a truck razed by a mob of boda boda riders in Kenya is FALSE. The post, captioned “Boda Boda insanity”, has been published on a page named: “Expose Rogue and Killer Drivers-Kenya”.

THE BODA BODA GUY The boda guy as u like to call him or as we all know him, you may know or not know his name you may have or not have his number but you can’t deny that you missed them during the lockdown and now with the taxi…

The old woman from Arua sustained injuries after falling off a speeding boda boda. — A Facebook post claiming that a sick old woman in Arua district was beaten by Local Defence Units (LDUs) when she was being rushed to hospital is FALSE. The post shows an image of an old lady crawling with blood oozing from her head after sustaining injuries. In April 2020…