Africa Urban Mobility Observatory Policy and Planning Insights Report
Published: February 2022
Main topic: Access and infrastructure, Climate change, Adaptation
Study countrie(s): Nigeria, Rwanda, Malawi, Botswana, Democratic Republic of Congo, Lesotho
Written by: Philip Krause, Carolina Benavides, Janene Tuniz, Judith Owigar, Lander Bosch, Stefanie Holzwarth, Sydney Satsiru
Published by: GoMetro (PTY) LTD, UN-Habitat, Urban Electric Mobility Initiative (UEMI), Wuppertal Institute
Study type: Research report
The key objective of the Africa Urban Mobility Observatory (AUMO) research project is to promote inclusive, lowcarbon mobility in African Low-Income Country (LIC) cities, by piloting Big Data applications to generate data, benchmark performance, and draw policy insights in six African cities. These insights will be used to develop Action Plans in two of these cities, and catalyse broader uptake via a Web Data Platform, workshops, and research. This research paper compares policy regimes to better understand and optimise sustainable mobility pathways. It analyses the mobility performance and policy drivers of Blantyre (Malawi); Kinshasa (DRC); Maseru (Lesotho); Lagos (Nigeria); Kigali (Rwanda) and Gaborone (Botswana).
