Lubyanza

A (delivery) boda boda stage in Washington, DC Delivery motorcycles are all over the city now. It never made any sense to delivery a pizza with a car, and an economist would call this a market correction, and I'd call it common sense (that East Africa was 30 years ahead of).

Mbade nsaba ku RTs bantu bange🤲🏿 Though I know mwe ebyokusoma obutabo temubyagala nyo

Two years ago, a friend visited from Kampala and we spent the week drinking jaba juice and coming up with the Boda Boda Game. Now, it's entering production 🥳 Join the waitlist: lubyanza.com/the-boda-board…

Boda riders rank highest in road crash fatalities and injuries. So @ibanda_sim24704, a former boda rider is using his own small resources to promote road safety through roadside preaching! @lubyanza's Kalungi James just dropped a detailed piece 👇! medium.com/lubyanza/champ…

@MoWT_Uganda @lubyanza 9/ Perhaps most importantly: what will be the requirements to get a reflector jacket?

Join our conversation this evening at 7, before we launch the UEMA Sector Position Paper tomorrow!

@astihaas @Tom_Courtright There are so many unresolved issues around sharing the road that complicate the question of who was involved in a crash Vs who caused the crash. Hopefully, through consistent research, we shall reveal one by one.

.@Tom_Courtright abd @lubyanza - any thoughts?

🏍️🏍️Planning to Fly with a boda-bee? A helmet is a must have! That helmet could save your life in case of a crash! 1.Helmets aim to reduce the risk of serious head and brain injuries by reducing the impact of force or collision to the head. 2. Helmets reduce the risk of death by almost 40%. 3. Correct use of helmet considerably decreases the risk and severity of head injuries by over 70%. Do not use a boda-boda without a helmet! @PoliceUg have issued an alert to all Boda-Boda passengers to get helmets and use them Everytime or risk punitive measures.

Very honored to have been a reviewer for the 2024 Global EV Outlook - which is out today! Take a look: ⚡💨 iea.blob.core.windows.net/assets/72e8cec…

For the past two years, every three months, Geofrey Ndhogezi and Kalungi James crisscross Kampala talking to boda riders for the @lubyanza quarterly report. They've dealt with suspicious boda riders, terrible rains, boda breakdowns, and shifty policemen. Neyanziza 👏👏👏

@lubyanza is great idea! Documenting the commonest form of UG transport!

In Kampala, mechanics are the surgeons of the boda boda industry, keeping everyone going where they need to. But their yangas and links to motorcycle theft and murder means they are often accused of malpractice. @ndhogezi's latest for @lubyanza : medium.com/lubyanza/of-me…

From the boda archives: in 2018, @alimivule explained what @lubyanza means

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As much as people like to talk about how much boda riders make in Kampala, the average daily revenue was ~41,800 UGX this Jan (take home was 12,600). Only one in five days will see a rider earn more than 50k. And only one in a hundred will make 100k or more in a day. 🫰🏾🏍️💨

New Lubyanza Quarterly Report just dropped! Check out what we found in Jan, with a special look at the loans that provide the motorcycles 🔎🏍️💨 (download the PDF here: tomcourtright.com/lubyanza )

@cobbo3 @thecontinent_ Obilabye?! Kyekyo! @cobbo3

‘Bodaboda-speak On The Streets Of Kampala ICYMI in .@thecontinent_ by the inspired Geofrey Ndhogezi .@ndhogezi a “bodaboda driver, researcher and writer” in Uganda’s capital Kampala. Currency: Akagolo to Amaja Akagolo: Very little money Amaja: Lots of money. Ntemera: Luganda for: chop up my share Kido: 500 shillings ($0.13). The very definition of akagolo. Lwasa: 1,000 shillings Effite: 5,000 shillings Kinyaanya: 20,000 shillings Ezikke (baboon): 50,000 shillings *Ekiddo: Traffic police sweeps or crackdowns Obusajja: Police officers on the street *Nalufenya: Police vans into which one might be bundled upon arrest (Nalufenya is a notorious police torture house) *Kampala street lingo has historically been a political record of, especially, repression. Study the city's jargon over the decades, and it will give you a picture of violent rule and corruption in Uganda

Ahh… the delicate dance of negotiating with fellow passengers how much extra each is willing to pay to fill the car so we can leave the station.