Mobility Apps & Tools
Getting people and goods around African cities is mostly an informal system of minibuses, motorcycle taxis and shared rides negotiated at the roadside, and it works far better than outsiders expect. Mobility software here tends to succeed by improving that system rather than replacing it. The products on this page include ride-hailing and motorcycle taxi platforms, public transport route and fare information for networks with no published timetable, vehicle financing and leasing for drivers who cannot access conventional credit, fleet and driver management, parking and toll tools, and electric mobility as two-wheeler conversion becomes economically sensible. Payments matter as much as routing: a mobility product that cannot take mobile money is a mobility product nobody uses. If you are building in this space, the list below shows what is already covered in which cities. Each product has a verified founder attached, so you can reach the team directly.
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Frequently asked questions
- What is included in mobility?
- Ride-hailing and motorcycle taxis, public transport information and ticketing, vehicle financing and leasing, fleet and driver tools, parking and tolls, and electric mobility.
- Do these cover informal transport?
- Several do. Mapping minibus routes, formalising fare collection and financing existing drivers are recurring approaches, since informal transport carries most urban trips.
- Is electric mobility represented?
- Increasingly. Two- and three-wheeler electrification and battery-swapping models are the most active part of it, where fuel costs make the economics work soonest.