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Emerging Business Models and Service options for Motorcycle Taxis: Insights from 10 Cities in Sub Saharan Africa

Reginald Chetto, Krijn Peters Orcid Logo, Jack Jenkins, Simon Ntramah, Marion Mugisha, Paul Opiyo, Fredrick Owino, Ted Johnson, Rosemarie Santos, Reuben Verheij

Transportation Research Procedia, Volume: 89, Pages: 327 - 337

Swansea University Author: Krijn Peters Orcid Logo

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DOI (Published version): 10.1016/j.trpro.2025.05.065

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In Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) the rapid and market-driven spread of the motorcycle taxi in the last two or three decades has made it the dominant means of (intermediate) transport in most urban (and rural) settings. Using primary data collected in five SSA countries, as part of a VREF study, this pape...

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Published in: Transportation Research Procedia
ISSN: 2352-1457 2352-1465
Published: Elsevier BV 2025
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URI: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa69648
Abstract: In Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) the rapid and market-driven spread of the motorcycle taxi in the last two or three decades has made it the dominant means of (intermediate) transport in most urban (and rural) settings. Using primary data collected in five SSA countries, as part of a VREF study, this paper investigates the various MCT business models that have emerged and their implications for the overwhelmingly male operators, opportunities for introducing female operators and for the role of policy-makers to regulate, modernize, formalize and support the sector. Opportunities for key stakeholders and policy makers to learn from each other – both ‘best practice’ and what does not work – remain limited at national level, let alone at regional level. This study shows that there are – despite some differences – many similarities between the MCT sector’s operational model and their challenges, so there should be ample opportunity to learn from each other to improve the quality of this now essential mobility service.
Keywords: Motorcyle taxis; Urban informal transport; Comparative analysis
College: Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences
Funders: The authors would like to express their appreciation to the Volvo Research and Educational Foundations (VREF) for providing financial support to attend the African Transport Research Conference 2024 in Cape Town, South Africa.
Start Page: 327
End Page: 337

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