Why informal transit moves West Africa

More than seventy percent of urban trips in West Africa happen on vehicles that no planner designed and no agency dispatches. Trotros in Accra, danfos in Lagos, matatus in Nairobi. They are called informal — a word that, depending on who is saying it, means resilient, or means broken.

We think it means underserved. The system works. It is the tools around it that have not caught up.

TrotroWays is a small bet that if you give riders a clear map, fair fare estimates, and the dignity of knowing where the next vehicle is going, you don't have to replace the system. You just have to make it legible.