Projects MAC

2021 Projects

Towards the empowered commuter: Exploring information behavior in informal public transport users in Uganda and South Africa

led by Christo Venter, Centre for Transport Development, U. of Pretoria, South Africa.

A comparative Study of Police Harassment of informal public transport operators in 2 African cities

led by Ayobami Abayomi Popoola,SARChI Chair for Inclusive Cities, University of KwaZulu Natal, Durban, South Africa.

Mapping unequal accessibility to socioeconomic and cultural opportunities in informal urban settlements across two Sub-Sahara African Cities

Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) Kumasi, Ghana EP-2021-MAC-03, Gift Dumedah, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) Kumasi, Ghana Partners: Project Team – Ghana Charles Adams – Dept of Civil Engineering, Regional Transport Research and Education Centre Kumasi (TRECK), KNUST, Ghana Esmeranda Manful – Dept of Sociology and Social Work, KNUST,

Characterizing user needs and practices in secondary cities: Insights into the role of bicycles in mitigating mobility exclusion in Malawi and Kenya

Institute for Social Development (ISD), University of the Western Cape, Cape Town, South Africa EP-2021-MAC-04, Mulugeta F. Dinbabo, Institute for Social Development (ISD), University of the Western Cape, Cape Town, South Africa Partners: Gail Jennings Research consultant and PhD research student, University of Cape Town PO Box 181, Noordhoek (7979), Cape Town, South Africa Winnie

Platform politics and Silicon Savannahs (PP&SS) 2.0: Mobility apps and fintech

EP-2021-MAC-05, Rike Sitas, African Centre for Cities and University of the Western Cape, Centre for Humanities Research, University of Cape Town, South Africa Partners: Alexis Sebarenzi, University of Rwanda, Rwanda Prince Guma, British Institute in Eastern Africa Jack Ong’iro Odeo, Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology, Department of Development Studies, Kenya Liza Cirolia, University

Meeting the Mobility Needs of the Elderly in Selected Cities in Nigeria and Uganda

EP-2021-MAC-06, Chinebuli Uzondu, Federal University of Technology Owerri (FUTO), Nigeria Partners: D Paul Mukwaya – Makerere University (MU), Uganda Simon Patrick Obi – GreenLight Initiative, Nigeria Abstract: Inclusive mobility is an important initiative to directly consider everyone (without reservations) in the initial stages of designing and development of transport and mobility services. Unfortunately, available evidence

Whose city is it anyway? Interrogation of socially just public transport principle in urban mobility plans/Projects of secondary cities in Kenya (NAKURU City) and Zambia

Kenyatta University, Kenya EP-2021-MAC-07, Catherine Waithera Gateri, Kenyatta University, Kenya Partners: Edward Chibwili, Institute of Economic and Social Research, University of Zambia, Lusaka, Zambia Mercy M. Fandamu, Directorate of Research, Copperbelt University, Zambia Anne Wairimu Kamau, University of Nairobi, Kenya Abstract: This proposal titled ‘Whose City Is It Anyway? Interrogation of Socially Just Public Transport

A comparative Assessment of the Quality of Walking and Cycling Infrastructure in Nakuru (Kenya) and Jinja (Uganda)

Sociology Multimedia University of Kenya EP-2021-MAC-08, Gladys M. M. Nyachieo, Sociology Multimedia University of Kenya Partners: Project Team Uganda Ms Esther Bayiga-Zziwa, Lecturer and PhD candidate, School of Public Health, Makerere University, Uganda. Leonard Mwesigwa, Founder and CEO, Inclusive Green Growth Uganda and Transport Engineer and PhD candidate Project Team Kenya Ms Paschalin Mbenge, Young

2020 Projects

Towards a disability-inclusive urban transport system in Accra and Nairobi: a policy practice agenda (SITUATE)

The Faculty of Social Sciences Education, University of Education, Winneba, Ghana EP-2020-MAC-01, Dr. Enoch F. Sam, Dept. of Geography Education, University of Education, Winneba, Ghana Partners: Esther Y. Danso-Wiredu, Dept. of Geography Education, University of Education, Winneba, Ghana Prof Samuel Hayford, Dept. of Special Education, University of Education, Winneba, Ghana Dr Michael Munene, School of

Platform politics and Silicon Savannahs: How new digital technologies shape mobility governance in African cities

University of Cape Town, African Centre for Cities and University of the Western Cape, Centre for Humanities Research, South Africa EP-2020-MAC-02, Rike Sitas, University of Cape Town, African Centre for Cities and University of the Western Cape, Centre for Humanities Research Partners: Liza Cirolia, University of Cape Town, African Centre for Cities, South Africa Nancy

Institutional transformations for sustainable urban mobilities: An exploration of changes in Addis Ababa and Kampala

The University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa EP-2020-MAC-03, Njogu Morgan, PhD, Post doctoral Fello Partners: Dr Gudina Terefe Tucho, Jimma University, Ethiopia Marcela Guerrero Casas Abstract: While socially cohesive and environmentally low-impact modes of transport, such as walking, cycling and public transit have historically received limited government support in sub-Saharan Africa, the tide appears

Transport planning based on the principles of justice in Africa: piloting a proof of concept in Kigali and Blantyre

College of Science and Technology, University of Rwanda, Kigali, Rwanda EP-2020-MAC-04, Dr. Alphonse Nkurunziza, Director Centre of Excellency in Transport Planning, Engineering & Logistics, College of Science and Technology, University of Rwanda, Kigali, Rwanda Partners: Dr Aivinhenyo Imuentinyan, University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa Mr Bishop George Ucizi Mughogho, University of Malawi, Malawi Dr Obiora

Mainstreaming Inclusivity in Urban Mobility Related Projects in the Cities of Lusaka & Nairobi

The University of Zambia, Zambia EP-2020-MAC-06, Dr. Wilma Sithabiso Sichombo Nchito, University of Zambia Partners: Catherine Waithera Gateri, Kenyatta University, Kenya Gladys M. Nyachieo, Multimedia University of Kenya, Kenya Edward Chibwili, Institute of Economic and Social Research, University of Zambia, Lusaka, Zambia Abstract: This proposal titled ‘Mainstreaming Inclusivity in Urban Mobility Related Projects in the

Negotiating the control over transportation at the urban margins: dynamics in governance coproduction in informal mobility in Abidjan (Cote d’Ivoire) and Douala (Cameroon)

The University of Dschang-Cameroon, Cameroon EP-2020-MAC-05, PhD Vivien Meli Meli, PhD, University of Dschang-Cameroon Partners: Kabran Estelle, Felix Houphouët-Boigny University-Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire /Centre Suisse de Recherches Scientifiques en Côte d’Ivoire (CSRS), Côte d’Ivoire Fokou Gilbert, Centre Suisse de Recherches Scientifiques en Côte d’Ivoire (CSRS), Cote d’Ivoire Lemouogue Josephine, University of Dschang-Cameroon, Cameroon Tanougong Armand, University