scholarly journals e-Quantum leap on a data highway: Planning for electric minibus taxis in sub-Saharan Africa's paratransit system

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
MJ Booysen ◽  
Chris Abraham ◽  
Innocent Ndibatya ◽  
Arnold Rix

Minibus taxis are ubiquitous in the developing cities of the Global South. This versatile, and somewhat chaotic public transport system is now faced with the need to move to renewable energy. But the looming roll-out of electric vehicles poses a threat to the already fragile electrical grids of African cities. This chapter evaluates the energy requirements of decarbonisation and evaluates two types of data, passenger-based and vehicle-based, from research in South Africa that has modelled these taxis. Using these two data capture methods, we assess the energy requirements and charging opportunities for electric minibus paratransit in three African cities and compare the results of the two methods to assess their suitability for planning minibus taxi electrification.

Author(s):  
Neeraj G Baruah ◽  
J Vernon Henderson ◽  
Cong Peng

Abstract Institutions persisting from colonial rule affect the spatial structure and conditions under which 100s of millions of people live in Sub-saharan African cities. In a sample of 318 cities, Francophone cities have more compact development than Anglophone, overall, in older colonial sections, and at clear extensive margins long after the colonial era. Compactness covers intensity of land use, gridiron road structures and leapfrogging of new developments. Why the difference? Under British indirect and dual mandate rule, colonial and native sections developed without coordination. In contrast, integrated city planning and land allocation were featured in French direct rule. These differences in planning traditions persist.1


2019 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
pp. 392-411 ◽  
Author(s):  
Regis Musavengane ◽  
Pius Siakwah ◽  
Llewellyn Leonard

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to question the extent to which Sub-Saharan African cities are progressing towards promoting pro-poor economies through pro-poor tourism (PPT). It specifically examines how African cities are resilient towards attaining sustainable urban tourism destinations in light of high urbanization. Design/methodology/approach The methodological framework is interpretive in nature and qualitative in an operational form. It uses meta-synthesis to evaluate the causal relationships observed within Sub-Saharan African pro-poor economies to enhance PPT approaches, using Accra, Ghana, Johannesburg, South Africa, and Harare, Zimbabwe, as case studies. Findings Tourism development in Sub-Saharan Africa has been dominantly underpinned by neoliberal development strategies which threaten the sustainability of tourism in African cities. Research limitations/implications The study is limited to three Sub-Saharan African countries. Further studies may need to be done in other developing countries. Practical implications It argues for good governance through sustainability institutionalization which strengthens the regulative mechanisms, processes and organizational culture. Inclusive tourism approaches that are resilient-centered have the potential to promote urban tourism in Sub-Saharan African cities. These findings contribute to the building of strong and inclusive Institutions for Sustainable Development in the Sub-Saharan African cities to alleviate poverty. Social implications These findings contribute to the building of strong and inclusive institutions for sustainable development in the Sub-Saharan African cities to alleviate poverty. Originality/value The “poor” are always within the communities, and it takes a community to minimise the impact of poverty among the populace. The study is conducted at a pertinent time when most African government’s development policies are pro-poor driven. Though African cities provide opportunities of growth, they are regarded as centres of high inequality.


PLoS ONE ◽  
2008 ◽  
Vol 3 (8) ◽  
pp. e2679 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bertran Auvert ◽  
Elliot Marseille ◽  
Eline L. Korenromp ◽  
James Lloyd-Smith ◽  
Remi Sitta ◽  
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2016 ◽  
Vol 51 (12) ◽  
pp. 1645-1654 ◽  
Author(s):  
Victor Makanjuola ◽  
Yomi Esan ◽  
Bibilola Oladeji ◽  
Lola Kola ◽  
John Appiah-Poku ◽  
...  

2016 ◽  
Vol 29 (02) ◽  
pp. 137-146
Author(s):  
Harry Zee

Malaria is the disease that has the biggest impact on the health and well-being of the peoples living in sub-Saharan Africa. Not only does malaria cause a lot of suffering and many deaths, the malaria miasm is also strongly connected to the inability to thrive and the frustration caused by that. The Africa Malaria Prevention Project (AMPP) aims at preventing malaria and treating its chronic effects by using PC240m—a genus epidemicus remedy designed to treat and prevent malaria. This article presents the first results and discusses a plan to roll out AMPP over all of sub-Saharan Africa.


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