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A minibus driver and an agbero exchange blows at Ojota, Lagos. Pius Utomi Ekpei/AFP via Getty Images

17 julho 2023

They Eat Our Sweat - new book exposes daily struggles of transport workers in Lagos

Laurent Fourchard, Sciences Po

A new book focuses on the politics of road transport, the everyday corruption and the hard-living world of transport workers in Lagos, Nigeria.

Dar’s rapid bus transit system is expected to be faster to build and cheaper to operate than railways. SAID KHALFAN/AFP via Getty Images

12 maio 2022

Dar es Salaam’s bus rapid transit: why it’s been a long, bumpy ride

Malve Jacobsen, Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz

Local realities shape the transport system, making it less directly applicable as a model elsewhere.

A bus and tro-tro station in Accra, Ghana. nicolasdecorte/Shutterstock/Editorial use only

1 março 2021

Why fines and jail time won’t change the behaviour of Ghana’s minibus drivers

Festival Godwin Boateng, Columbia University

A range of factors influence the behaviour of minibus drivers in Ghana. This involves a complex web of factors, motivations and constraints.

Principais colaboradores

Festival Godwin Boateng
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Centre for Sustainable Urban Development, The Earth Institute, Columbia University
Malve Jacobsen
Post-doctoral researcher, Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz
Laurent Fourchard
Research Fellow, Sciences Po