Assessment of the social science literature and regional case studies reveals how social
norms, culture, and individual choices, interact with infrastructure and other structural …

Air pollution was responsible for approximately 1.1 million deaths in Africa in 2019, making it
the second leading cause of death in the continent (Shindell et al., 2022)[1]. In African cities …

The electric vehicle (EV) revolution is sweeping the world, and Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) is
no exception. Despite the environmental and sustainability narratives surrounding EVs, it is …

Minibus taxi public transport is a seemingly chaotic phenomenon in the developing cities of
the Global South with unique mobility and operational characteristics. Eventually this wide …

Paratransit provides the majority of road transport in South Africa and many other countries
in the sub-Saharan African region. However, perceptions of electric vehicles (EV) and the …

We employed a bottom-up modeling framework to examine a set of scenarios to generate
insights on the techno-economic and environmental implications of increasing levels of …

Abstract Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) is faced with the challenge to integrate e-mobility into its
paratransit (its informal mass transit). Old, unsafe, fuel-inefficient, polluting minibus taxis are …

Paratransit, in particular the minibus taxi, is the mainstay of public transport in sub-Saharan
Africa. These vehicles are often second-hand, ageing, fuel inefficient, and expensive to …

The expected electrification of Sub-Sahara Africa's urban paratransit with an electric minibus
taxi (eMBT) has received increased attention in energy research and expenditure analyses …

The inevitable electrification of the sub-Saharan African paratransit system poses substantial
threats to an already crippled electricity supply network. The integration of any electric …