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16 March 2024

Paratransit / Popular Transportation Day at TTDC24

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

DigitalTransport4Africa Newsletter: December 2023

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

DT4A Innovation Challenge Updates: Testimonials from Cities

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

DT4A Innovation Challenge Updates: GoMetro

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

DT4A Innovation Challenge Updates: eWarren

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

DT4A Innovation Challenge Updates: AddisMap

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

DT4A at COP28

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

DT4A and Partners at the State of the Map Conference 2023

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

From Minibuses to “Boda Bodas,” Informal Transport Systems Could Be an Untapped Climate Change Solution

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

DT4A and Partners to Participate in State of the Map Conference 2023

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

DigitalTransport4Africa (DT4A) Webinar Series: Navigating Safety – Ghana’s Two-Wheeled Journeys to School

[Past Event]  •  November 29, 2023  •  8-9am EST // 4-5pm EAT  •  Online Did You Miss This Event? Checkout The Recording        […]
13 November 2023

Call for Applicants – The 2024 Graduate Research Academy on Inclusive Urban Mobility in Developing Countries

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

Digitalization in Kumasi, Alexandria, Maputo Shows How to Integrate Africa’s Complex Paratransit Networks

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

DigitalTransport4Africa Newsletter: November 2023

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

DigitalTransport4Africa (DT4A) Webinar Series – Public Transport Mapping in West Africa and Lebanon: Overcoming Challenges and Promoting Mobility Justice

[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

Creating a “Digital Commons” to Harness Data for Africa’s Urban Transport Systems

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

DigitalTransport4Africa (DT4A) Webinar Series: Navigating Daily Mobility – Transportation, School, and Safety in Kinshasa’s Digital Age

[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

DigitalTransport4Africa Newsletter: August 2023

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

DT4A at Africa Climate Summit and Africa Climate Week

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

DT4A Innovation Challenge Updates: August 2023

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

DT4A Launches Low-Carbon Transport Futures Project in Lusaka

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

Digital Technologies, Data Commons and Rights in Africa: A New Book Chapter by DT4A and Columbia University

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

DT4A at Land & Carbon Lab 2023 Summit

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

DT4A Repository Receives GTFS Dataset from Stellenbosch

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

DigitalTransport4Africa (DT4A) Webinar Series: The Rise of Digital Transportation in Africa

[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

DigitalTransport4Africa (DT4A) Webinar Series: The Atlas of City Transport

[Past Event]  •  August 30, 2023  •  9 – 10am EDT // 4 – 5pm EAT  •  Online Did You Miss This Event? Checkout The Recording   The […]
5 August 2023

Call for Participants – Rethinking e-mobility in Africa

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

Electrifying South Africa’s Minibus Taxi Industry: A Data-Driven Approach

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

DigitalTransport4Africa Newsletter: June 2023

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

Connecting Informal Transport to the Climate Agenda: Key Opportunities for Action

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

DigitalTransport4Africa (DT4A) Webinar Series: Building Mobility Justice in Informal Transport – A Practical Intervention

[Past Event]  •  June 21, 2023  •  9 – 10am EDT // 4 – 5pm EAT  •  Online Did You Miss This Event? Checkout The Recording   Presentation […]
19 May 2023

DigitalTransport4Africa (DT4A) Webinar Series: Introducing the TUMI Mobility Data Hub

[Past Event]  •  May 31, 2023  •  9 – 10am EDT // 4 – 5pm EAT  •  Online Did You Miss This Event? Checkout The Recording    […]
18 April 2023

DigitalTransport4Africa Newsletter: April 2023

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

DigitalTransport4Africa (DT4A) Webinar Series: Measuring SDG 11.2 in African Cities – Challenges, Opportunities, and Policy Implications

[Past Event]  •  April 26, 2023  •  9 – 10am EDT // 4 – 5pm EAT  •  Online Did You Miss This Event? Checkout The Recording    […]
10 April 2023

Transforming Bus Fleet Management: An Interview with Kidus Adugna of Sheger Mass Transport Service Enterprise – Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

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

DigitalTransport4Africa (DT4A) Webinar Series: Public Transport and Accessibility in Kisumu – Towards Sustainable Urban Mobility in Kenya

[Past Event]  •  April 05, 2023  •  9 – 10am EDT // 4 – 5pm EAT  •  Online Did You Miss This Event? Checkout The Recording    […]
6 March 2023

Why Africa Can’t Ban Its Way Out of Used Vehicle Socio-Environmental Harms: A View From Ghana

*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

Join the Digitalizing E-Bus Projects Course by TUMI

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

Paratransit Day: A Transforming Transportation 2023 Side Event

[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

DigitalTransport4Africa Newsletter: February 2023

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

DigitalTransport4Africa (DT4A) Webinar Series: What Kinshasa Tells Us About the Impact of Flooding on Urban Transport and Accessibility

[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

DigitalTransport4Africa (DT4A) Webinar Series: Building Open-Source Transport Data Collection Tools: A Sustainable Approach

[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

DT4A Capacity Building Training Sessions for Students at Arab Academy for Science, Technology and Maritime Transport (AASTMT) – Alexandria, Egypt

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

DigitalTransport4Africa (DT4A) Webinar Series: Data Collection Efforts in Informal Transportation & Shared Mobility Around the World

[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

Highlighting the work of Digital Transport for Africa (DT4A) at the Sustainable Mobility and Climate Week 2022

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

Public Transport Challenges in Africa: Mapping and Transit Data as a Remedy

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

DigitalTransport4Africa (DT4A) at Sustainable Mobility and Climate Week 2022

[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

DT4A Capacity-building training sessions in Kumasi, Ghana

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

DT4A at The National Symposium On Road Safety 2022 – Kampala, Uganda

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

How Are New Informal Transit Routes Formed?

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

WRI and Partners Select 4 Winners for Digital Transport for Africa Innovation Challenge

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

Setting Up Data Collection Projects to Meet Passenger Capabilities

“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

WatriFeed: The Open Source Collaborative GTFS Data Editor

« 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

Who Are the DT4A Innovation Challenge Jury Members?

4 March 2022

The DT4A Innovation Challenge: Achievements and Next Steps

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

DIGITAL DATA AND TOOLS FOR TRANSPORT RESEARCH: A SHORT INTRODUCTORY COURSE

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

An Analysis of Paratransit Services in African Cities Thanks to Digitaltransport4africa's GTFS Open Data

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

Beyond Mapping: Sustainable and Inclusive Transport for Africa (Virtual Event)

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

Chatting Bus Data with MobilityData

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

Who Plans Transit in African Cities? Ask the Bus Drivers.

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

Virtual Chat With Trufi Association

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

Using Open Data to Put Pedestrians First

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

Nov 18th – Join WRI and IDB for Webinar on Informal and Semiformal Public Transport Services!

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

COVID-19 Hit Public Transport Users Hard. Here’s How Open Data, A Digital Commons Approach Helps.

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

How Kampala is Going Beyond Transit Mapping

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

[Survey] – We need you !

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

How to Create your Own Transit Map

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

Your City’s Public Transport Is Unique, Your Journey Planner App Should Be Too

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

DT4A heads to State of the Map Africa 2019 with Platinum Sponsors, Agence Française de Développement (AFD)

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

Join us at Mobilize! Kampala

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
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Mapping a transport network with OpenStreetMap and GTFS

26 August 2019

Abidjan to Join the Open Data Community with Mapping Project

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

Building your City’s Mobile and Web-based Journey Planner

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

Conveyal Analysis: A Powerful Tool Now at Your Fingertips!

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

In African Cities, Mapping Paratransit Makes for Smarter Mobility

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

May 22nd – DT4A at ITF in Leipzig

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

10 Mobile Apps to Start Mapping your City’s Transit Network

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

Can Paratransit Evolve Alongside African Cities?

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

November 14th 2018, Paris, Second workshop

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

Abuja, July 6th 2018, SSATP Annual Meeting

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

November 14th 2017, Paris, First workshop

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 […]