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Author: Tom Courtright

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Tom Courtright

Tom Courtright is doing his PhD on boda bodas and accessibility in Uganda and Tanzania and works as an e-mobility and transport researcher and consultant. He is based in Kenya and writes about bodas with Geofrey Ndhogezi and James Kalungi at Lubyanza.

  • Editor's PicksSocietyUgandaUrban transport
    By Tom Courtright
    August 20, 2023
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    Uganda’s boda bodas: Half a century of getting to places, madly

    50-odd years ago, Ali Mayende’s innovation in the border town of Busia sparked a revolution that has become the lifeblood of East African public transport. Ali ...
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  • In Kampala at an e-mobility parade in November 2021. Credit: Tom Courtright.
    SocietyUganda
    By Tom Courtright
    February 15, 2022
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    Uganda’s boda bodas: loved, hated, maligned, misunderstood

    The ubiquitous motorcycle taxis are back. So are the problems associated with an unregulated and neglected sector, but they can be solved. In Kampala, boda bodas ...
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