Sign up to stay informed about DT4A’s efforts to improve transit systems across the African continent.
16 January 2025
Published by Agraw Ali at 16 January 2025
Categories
Please join us for Paratransit/Popular Transportation Day (P/PTD) in Washington D.C. on Thursday, March 13, After Transforming Transportation 2025 (TT25) Date: Thursday, March 13, 2025 Location: World Bank […]
30 May 2024
Published by Agraw Ali at 30 May 2024
Categories
“No Safe Journeys for Women: Why Mobility Systems in African Cities Are Failing Women’s Needs,” authored by Esthelyne Dusabe and Tu-Tho Thai, is an insightful blog […]
30 May 2024
Published by Agraw Ali at 30 May 2024
Categories
People-Centered and Safer Mobility for African Cities, a project by DT4A and Transformative Urban Mobility Initiative (TUMI), is tackling sustainable transportation challenges and improving women’s safety […]
30 May 2024
Published by Agraw Ali at 30 May 2024
Categories
On the sidelines of Transforming Transportation 2024, the Africa Transport Program (SSATP), Center for Sustainable Urban Development at Columbia’s Climate School (CSUD), Climate Champions, Digital Transportation […]
30 May 2024
Published by Agraw Ali at 30 May 2024
Categories
It was a pleasure for WRI to participate in the 3rd Zambia Climate Compatible Growth (CCG) Annual Workshop held in Lusaka, Zambia. Organized by CCG and […]
30 May 2024
Published by Agraw Ali at 30 May 2024
Categories
We are excited to announce that the DT4A recently acquired a General Transit Feed Specification (GTFS) dataset from the city of Addis Ababa in Ethiopia. The […]
16 March 2024
Published by Agraw Ali at 16 March 2024
Categories
Please join us for Paratransit/Popular Transportation Day (P/PTD) in Washington D.C. on Thursday, March 21, after Transforming Transportation 2024 (TTDC24) This in-person event at the World […]
2 January 2024
Published by Agraw Ali at 2 January 2024
Categories
Welcome to the December 2023 edition of the DT4A Newsletter. Find out what’s new at DT4A and in the digital transport ecosystem and much more. Enjoy […]
21 December 2023
Published by Agraw Ali at 21 December 2023
Categories
DT4A launched the DT4A Innovation Challenge in December 2021 to spotlight and award innovative urban mobility mapping initiatives. The first four winners of the DT4A Innovation […]
21 December 2023
Published by Agraw Ali at 21 December 2023
Categories
DT4A launched the DT4A Innovation Challenge in December 2021 to spotlight and award innovative urban mobility mapping initiatives. The first four winners of the DT4A Innovation […]
21 December 2023
Published by Agraw Ali at 21 December 2023
Categories
DT4A launched the DT4A Innovation Challenge in December 2021 to spotlight and award innovative urban mobility mapping initiatives. The first four winners of the DT4A Innovation […]
21 December 2023
Published by Agraw Ali at 21 December 2023
Categories
DT4A launched the DT4A Innovation Challenge in December 2021 to spotlight and award innovative urban mobility mapping initiatives. The first four winners of the DT4A Innovation […]
21 December 2023
Published by Agraw Ali at 21 December 2023
Categories
Transport Decarbonisation, a side event organized by Climate Compatible Growth (CCG) during COP28 in Dubai on December 4, 2023, brought together policymakers, thought leaders, and transport […]
21 December 2023
Published by Agraw Ali at 21 December 2023
Categories
DigitalTransport4Africa (DT4A), in partnership with the Transformative Urban Mobility Initiative (TUMI/GIZ), led a session titled “Unlocking the Potential of Sustainable Mobility Data in Africa: A Workshop […]
19 December 2023
Published by Agraw Ali at 19 December 2023
Categories
Over 50% of all transport-related emissions come from high-income countries, where people are more likely to own and depend on personal vehicles. Meanwhile, less than 1% is […]
28 November 2023
Published by Agraw Ali at 28 November 2023
Categories
DigitalTransport4Africa (DT4A), in partnership with Transformative Urban Mobility Initiative (TUMI/GIZ), is set to lead a session at the highly anticipated State of the Map Conference 2023, […]
22 November 2023
Published by Agraw Ali at 22 November 2023
Categories
[Past Event] • November 29, 2023 • 8-9am EST // 4-5pm EAT • Online Did You Miss This Event? Checkout The Recording […]
13 November 2023
Published by Agraw Ali at 13 November 2023
Categories
A Cross Post From: CUTI Chulalongkorn University Transportation Institute (CUTI) in Thailand, along with the University of Southern California and the University of Tokyo, are happy […]
11 November 2023
Published by Agraw Ali at 11 November 2023
Categories
Microbuses and private cars sharing Alexandria’s tram pathway, Egypt. Photo: Wael Kenawy/Wikimedia Commons As cities across Africa experience rapid growth and increased demand for mobility, there […]
11 November 2023
Published by Agraw Ali at 11 November 2023
Categories
Welcome to the November edition of DT4A Newsletter. Find out what’s new at DT4A and in the digital transport ecosystem and much more. Enjoy the read! […]
3 November 2023
Published by Agraw Ali at 3 November 2023
Categories
[Past Event] • November 15, 2023 • 9-10am ET // 5-6pm EAT • Online [In French] Did You Miss This Event? Checkout The Recording Presentation […]
17 October 2023
Published by Agraw Ali at 17 October 2023
Categories
A driver navigates traffic in Kumasi, Ghana. DT4A’s “Beyond Mapping” project focuses on integrating transit data to improve management of the city’s informal transport networks. Photo: […]
15 September 2023
Published by Agraw Ali at 15 September 2023
Categories
[Past Event] • October 4, 2023 • 10 – 11am EDT // 5 – 6pm EAT • Online [In French] Did You Miss This Event? Checkout The Recording […]
31 August 2023
Published by Agraw Ali at 31 August 2023
Categories
Welcome to the August edition of DT4A Newsletter. Find out what’s new at DT4A and in the digital transport ecosystem and much more. Enjoy the read! […]
28 August 2023
Published by Agraw Ali at 28 August 2023
Categories
We are excited to announce that the upcoming Africa Climate Summit and Africa Climate Week, scheduled from 4–9 September 2023 in Nairobi, Kenya, will feature participation […]
22 August 2023
Published by Agraw Ali at 22 August 2023
Categories
DT4A launched the DT4A Innovation Challenge in December 2021 to spotlight and award innovative urban mobility mapping initiatives. The first four winners of the DT4A Innovation […]
22 August 2023
Published by Agraw Ali at 22 August 2023
Categories
The kick-off event on Low-Carbon Transport Futures in Zambia, held July 11, 2023, saw the participation of government institutions, transport stakeholders and industry professionals. The event […]
22 August 2023
Published by Agraw Ali at 22 August 2023
Categories
Discover the transformative power of digital technologies and data commons in Africa through a groundbreaking chapter authored by Jacqueline M. Klopp, from Columbia University and Agraw […]
22 August 2023
Published by Agraw Ali at 22 August 2023
Categories
DT4A’s booth at the data and research marketplace Organized by WRI, Norway’s International Climate and Forest Initiative and Bezos Earth Fund, the Land and Carbon Lab’s […]
22 August 2023
Published by Agraw Ali at 22 August 2023
Categories
We are excited to announce that the DT4A recently acquired a General Transit Feed Specification (GTFS) dataset from the city of Stellenbosch in South Africa. The […]
18 August 2023
Published by Agraw Ali at 18 August 2023
Categories
[Past Event] • September 13, 2023 • 9 – 10am EDT // 4 – 5pm EAT • Online Did You Miss This Event? Checkout The Recording Presentation Decks […]
11 August 2023
Published by Agraw Ali at 11 August 2023
Categories
[Past Event] • August 30, 2023 • 9 – 10am EDT // 4 – 5pm EAT • Online Did You Miss This Event? Checkout The Recording The […]
5 August 2023
Published by Agraw Ali at 5 August 2023
Categories
Are you passionate about advancing sustainable transport in Africa? Do you have innovative ideas and a drive to shape the future of transport on the African […]
26 July 2023
Published by Rudi Kriel at 26 July 2023
Categories
Minibus taxis, pictured above waiting at Bergzicht taxi rank, are the only functioning public transport system in Stellenbosch, South Africa. Photo: GoMetro The minibus taxi (MBT) industry is the […]
21 June 2023
Published by Agraw Ali at 21 June 2023
Categories
Welcome to the June edition of DT4A Newsletter. Find out what’s new at DT4A and in the digital transport ecosystem and much more. Enjoy the read! […]
7 June 2023
Published by Agraw Ali at 7 June 2023
Categories
June 14, 2023 • 1-2pm GMT // 4-5pm EAT • Online Last year VREF launched its new program on Informal & Shared Mobility in Low-and Middle […]
7 June 2023
Published by Agraw Ali at 7 June 2023
Categories
[Past Event] • June 21, 2023 • 9 – 10am EDT // 4 – 5pm EAT • Online Did You Miss This Event? Checkout The Recording Presentation […]
19 May 2023
Published by Agraw Ali at 19 May 2023
Categories
[Past Event] • May 31, 2023 • 9 – 10am EDT // 4 – 5pm EAT • Online Did You Miss This Event? Checkout The Recording […]
18 April 2023
Published by Agraw Ali at 18 April 2023
Categories
Welcome to the April edition of DT4A Newsletter. Find out what’s new at DT4A and in the digital transport ecosystem and much more. Enjoy the read! […]
13 April 2023
Published by Agraw Ali at 13 April 2023
Categories
[Past Event] • April 26, 2023 • 9 – 10am EDT // 4 – 5pm EAT • Online Did You Miss This Event? Checkout The Recording […]
10 April 2023
Published by Agraw Ali at 10 April 2023
Categories
DT4A: Could you please introduce yourself and tell us a bit about your journey and what led to your current position working as a maintenance technician/system […]
13 March 2023
Published by Agraw Ali at 13 March 2023
Categories
[Past Event] • April 05, 2023 • 9 – 10am EDT // 4 – 5pm EAT • Online Did You Miss This Event? Checkout The Recording […]
6 March 2023
Published by Festival Godwin Boateng at 6 March 2023
Categories
*Photo Source: https://allafrica.com/stories/202302210004.html The Customs Division of the Ghana Revenue Authority estimates that used vehicles constitute some 80% of the about 100,000 vehicles imported into […]
3 March 2023
Published by Agraw Ali at 3 March 2023
Categories
Course Description When October 17th – February 17th (with one free month in between for the Holidays) Where Online – The Mobility Academy What Six learning modules combining […]
28 February 2023
Published by Agraw Ali at 28 February 2023
Categories
[Past Event] • March 16, 2023 • Hybrid Did You Miss This Event? Checkout The Recordings Session 1: Data, Digitalization and Public Transport: Insights from Africa (Session […]
16 February 2023
Published by Agraw Ali at 16 February 2023
Categories
Welcome to the February edition of DT4A Newsletter. Find out what’s new at DT4A and in the digital transport ecosystem and much more. Enjoy the read! […]
1 February 2023
Published by Agraw Ali at 1 February 2023
Categories
[Past Event] • February 15, 2023 • 9 – 10am EST • Online Did You Miss This Event? Checkout The Recording Presentation Decks The DigitalTransport4Africa (DT4A) […]
12 January 2023
Published by Agraw Ali at 12 January 2023
Categories
[Past Event] • January 18, 2023 • 9 – 10am EST • Online Did You Miss This Event? Checkout The Recording Presentation Decks Trufi Association IBI Group […]
7 December 2022
Published by Agraw Ali at 7 December 2022
Categories
As part of the initial stage to map the public transport system of Alexandria, Egypt in a standard GTFS format, our project partner Transport for Cairo […]
23 November 2022
Published by Agraw Ali at 23 November 2022
Categories
[Past Event] • December 07, 2022 • 9 – 10am EST • Online Did You Miss This Event? Checkout The Recording The DigitalTransport4Africa (DT4A) Webinar Series is […]
27 October 2022
Published by Agraw Ali at 27 October 2022
Categories
Dakar, Senegal The Week for Sustainable Mobility and Climate, organized by the CODATU Association, CETUD and the Climate Chance Association took place on 3rd to 7th […]
6 October 2022
Published by Agraw Ali at 6 October 2022
Categories
Commuters waiting for the next bus desperately around Meskel Square – the city centre of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Photo by Agraw Ali Long queues for […]
26 September 2022
Published by Agraw Ali at 26 September 2022
Categories
[Cross posted from WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities] The Week for Sustainable Mobility and Climate, organized by the CODATU Association, CETUD and the Climate […]
13 September 2022
Published by Agraw Ali at 13 September 2022
Categories
Kumasi, Ghana DT4A project, in collaboration with a project partner, Transport for Cairo (TfC), organized a two-day capacity-building training at Royal Lamerta hotel, Kumasi on August […]
8 August 2022
Kampala, Uganda Orgnaised by Makerere University School of Public Health (Trauma, Injury and Disability Research Unit), The National Symposium On Road Safety 2022 took place on […]
5 August 2022
Published by Tamara Kerzhner at 5 August 2022
Categories
Route signs waiting to be placed on a vehicle in Kampala Old Taxi Park. Photo by Tamara Kerzhner In 2015, the chairman of a Kampala […]
14 June 2022
Published by DT4A Staff at 14 June 2022
Categories
Today the Digital Transport for Africa (DT4A) initiative, led by WRI and partners and funded by the French Development Agency (AFD), selected four winners of the […]
1 June 2022
Published by Bianca Ryseck at 1 June 2022
Categories
“If you want to plan for all the facts, you’ll never end up going anywhere” In Cape Town, South Africa, as in many African cities, planning […]
17 May 2022
Published by Emmanuel Bama at 17 May 2022
Categories
« Create, update and visualize your GTFS datasets easily and collaboratively with WatriFeed » GTFS Standard The standardization of transport data in Africa and particularly in […]
4 April 2022
4 March 2022
The DigitalTransport4Africa (DT4A) project launched the Innovation Challenge in December 2021 with the aim of providing financial and technical support to initiatives that work towards transforming […]
19 February 2022
Published by Agraw Ali at 19 February 2022
Categories
COURSE SUMMARY The rise of GPS-enabled cell phones and low-cost sensors- has led to the creation of new forms of digital data that are invaluable for […]
10 August 2021
Published by Giacomo Falchetta at 10 August 2021
Categories
Why is that important? Accessibility to collective transport, together with other important system characteristics such as network coverage and frequency, is a crucial driver of modal […]
15 June 2021
Please join WRI and Agence Française de Développement for Beyond Mapping: Sustainable and Inclusive Transport for Africa July 1, 4pm – 5:45pm East Africa Time // […]
17 May 2021
Published by Kaiomi Inniss at 17 May 2021
Categories
At the beginning of 2021, MobilityData and Fabrique des Mobilités took a deep dive into existing GTFS projects across African cities. The goal was to understand […]
26 April 2021
Published by Tamara Kerzhner at 26 April 2021
Categories
Minibus in Djibouti. Photo courtesy of Tamara Kerzhner/World Bank. On an unpaved road towards the outskirts of sprawling Lubumbashi, DRC, the minibus we were riding stopped […]
14 December 2020
Published by Travis Fried at 14 December 2020
Categories
Last month WRI and Trufi Association had a virtual chat about the role of open public transport data and what journey planner apps mean for the […]
7 December 2020
Published by Taylor Reich at 7 December 2020
Categories
People walking in Dar es Salaam. Photo by ITDP-Africa Pedestrians First is a new set of tools to measure walkability in any city on earth. These […]
13 November 2020
Published by Travis Fried at 13 November 2020
Categories
November 18, 2020 @ 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM EST This webinar will highlight key insights from new research by WRI Ross Center, the Inter-American Development […]
30 June 2020
Published by Jackie Klopp at 30 June 2020
Categories
COVID-19 has revealed how open data, that can be freely used and distributed by anyone, is critical for the recovery of our health and cities. At the […]
21 April 2020
Published by Anna Oursler at 21 April 2020
Categories
Transport officials from Kampala, Addis Ababa and Accra exchange knowledge on what makes a mapping project successful. Source: WRI. Transit data are essential. Data help us […]
7 April 2020
Published by Julien de Labaca at 7 April 2020
Categories
Africa is experiencing urban growth of momentous proportions. As part of this growth the continent needs to develop and build infrastructure and transport networks to serve […]
25 March 2020
Published by Julien de Labaca at 25 March 2020
Categories
This tutorial has been created to design a schematic-style map for public transport. The process described below is the result of work carried out by the […]
6 January 2020
Published by Christoph Hanser at 6 January 2020
Categories
The vibrantly coloured Trufis in Cochabamba, Bolivia serve daily commuters. Most cities around the world run formal and informal public transport systems in parallel. An illustrative […]
20 November 2019
Published by Travis Fried at 20 November 2019
Categories
November 2019 is going to be an important month for the DT4A community and those harnessing Free Software, Open Data and the OpenStreetMap (OSM) and transit […]
19 November 2019
Published by Travis Fried at 19 November 2019
Categories
Join us for an exhibition promoting safe, clean and efficient public transportation in Uganda’s largest city, Kampala. This exhibition is a gathering of organizations who are […]
6 November 2019
Published by Florian Lainez at 6 November 2019
Categories
26 August 2019
Published by Antoine Chèvre at 26 August 2019
Categories
Abidjan’s woro woro taxi system. The French Development Agency (AFD) is a funder that finances, through loans and / or grants, sustainable mobility projects in developing […]
8 August 2019
Published by Felix Delattre at 8 August 2019
Categories
Trotro App – the Open Source Trufi App redesigned for the city of Accra Many cities in the world need digital public transportation solutions: a World […]
11 July 2019
Published by Johan Richer at 11 July 2019
Categories
Conveyal Analysis helps you create public transport scenarios and evaluate them in terms of accessibility, using OpenStreetMap data and GTFS datasets. Digital Transport for Africa is […]
4 June 2019
Published by Travis Fried at 4 June 2019
Categories
DT4A’s Travis Fried and Iman Abubaker released a new article on the importance of mapping paratransit systems in Sub-Saharan African cities. According to the authors: Although […]
20 May 2019
Published by Travis Fried at 20 May 2019
Categories
Join DT4A’s Ben Welle from WRI at this year’s ITF Summit in Leipzig, Germany. On May 22nd, he will be presenting on expanding the network and […]
27 March 2019
Published by Travis Fried at 27 March 2019
Categories
By Lily Bui and Griffin Kantz, 3/29/2019 When you first start out collecting, analyzing, editing, and visualizing GTFS data, the landscape of available tools can be […]
15 February 2019
Published by Travis Fried at 15 February 2019
Categories
WRI’s Celal Tolga Imamoglu writes a fascinating piece on the complicated, and yet essential, role paratransit plays for African city planners and the riders who rely […]
22 October 2018
Published by Antoine Chèvre at 22 October 2018
Categories
Digital Transport for Africa: a Resource Center for Improved Mobility A public event with partners and stakeholders (GIZ, transport.data.gouv.fr…) Program coming soon. Save the date!
26 June 2018
Published by Antoine Chèvre at 26 June 2018
Categories
The second SSATP Annual Meeting under the Third Development Plan (DP3) will take place in Abuja, Nigeria, during the week of July 2-6, 2018. The mission […]
24 June 2018
Published by Antoine Chèvre at 24 June 2018
Categories
Given expected urban growth in Africa, the development of sustainable urban mobility policies is crucial to ensure efficient and “livable” cities. In most African cities, urban […]