In September 2024 Transaid commenced a 6-month project to strengthen access to essential health and road safety messaging at the Mombasa port enclave in Kenya, specifically focusing on commercial drivers. In partnership with...
Technical brief: DRAIVA: Upskilling Heavy Goods Vehicle (HGV) drivers in Mozambique
In August 2024, Transaid launched its ‘Driving Safety across Ghana’ project with support from the Puma Energy Foundation. The project aims to highlight and bring into use the new Ghana heavy goods vehicle (HGV) driver...
A reported 400,000 new motorcycle taxi registrations were recorded in Kenya between 2019 and 2023 bringing the total number of boda bodas on the roads to an estimated 2.2 million. This rapid growth is putting pressure on...
Ghana’s road transport sector has attracted substantial investment in recent years and is now regarded as the country’s fastest growing economy. Supported by several large-scale infrastructure projects, including the Tema...
As the number of motorcycle taxis (boda bodas) continues to grow in Kenya, the report finds that the personal and economic price of a motorcycle taxi crash is high; helmet wearing prevalence amongst riders is low, helmet...
As Transaid continues to implement a project to establish a National Helmet Wearing Coalition in Kenya, funded by global road safety philanthropy the FIA Foundation, one thing that has become clear is the complexity of the...
This paper draws on ethnographic research conducted 2019–2022 in three quite diverse city regions - Abuja, Cape Town and Tunis - to understand women’s lived experiences of work in the road transport sector. The strength of...
Transaid’s Road Safety work continues in Mozambique, as part of an initiative led by GIZ Employment and Skills for Development in Africa (E4D), by supporting refresher training for heavy goods vehicle drivers within small...
Gender-based violence (GBV) is a pervasive issue globally, and Cape Town, South Africa, is no exception. Here, women face numerous challenges as users of public transport. Safety is a major concern for women using the...