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Apr 25

Why Dar es Salaam? Using data to reduce congestion in Africa’s third fastest growing city

In 2020, Tanzania graduated to lower-middle-income status (following the World Bank’s classification system) after two decades of sustained economic growth. The nation’s business capital, Dar es Salaam, currently has over seven million residents, making it the largest city in East Africa. …

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Why Dar es Salaam? Using data to reduce congestion in Africa’s third fastest growing city
Why Dar es Salaam? Using data to reduce congestion in Africa’s third fastest growing city

Apr 21

Why Bangkok? Thailand’s consumption patterns to grow to $410 billion over the next decade

Thailand has seen significant economic growth over the last four decades. In 2011, Thailand moved from a low-income to upper-middle-income country after a combination of consistent economic growth and poverty reduction. While Thailand’s economy contracted by 6.1% in 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic, a report compiled by the McKinsey Global…

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Why Bangkok? Thailand’s consumption patterns to grow to $410 billion over the next decade
Why Bangkok? Thailand’s consumption patterns to grow to $410 billion over the next decade

Mar 30

Why Lima? How you can harness opportunities with mobility and location data in South America’s fourth most-populous city

Lima is the fourth most-populous city in South America and the largest city in Peru, with a population of almost 10 million people. Although Peru’s poverty rate dropped significantly from 46.7% in 2006 to 24.6% in 2016, inequality is rife, and 35% of Lima’s residents live in informal settlements while…

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Why Lima? How you can harness opportunities with mobility and location data in South America’s…
Why Lima? How you can harness opportunities with mobility and location data in South America’s…

Mar 8

Decoding women’s mobility experiences in emerging markets

By Louise Ribet, Partnerships Lead at WhereIsMyTransport The connection between urban public transport and gender inequality is not new, but it is now drawing increased global attention from governments, think tanks, research institutes, and advocacy groups. There is no country in the world that does not experience unequal gendered dynamics…

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Decoding women’s mobility experiences in emerging markets
Decoding women’s mobility experiences in emerging markets

Mar 1

Meta + WhereIsMyTransport: Building a sustainable future with data collaborations

By Carlos Ahumada, Public Policy Manager EMEA & LATAM, Data for Good at Meta, and Devin de Vries, CEO of WhereIsMyTransport It’s estimated that people create over one trillion MB of data globally every day, and by 2025, this is expected to reach 463 exabytes. …

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Meta + WhereIsMyTransport: Building a sustainable future with data collaborations
Meta + WhereIsMyTransport: Building a sustainable future with data collaborations

Jan 12

Six use cases for mobility and location data in 2022

“WhereIsMyTransport is collecting so much data that no one has ever been able to do in emerging markets before. And the value is not just the fixed data sets. When you marry data sets with other data sets, you unlock their true power. I look at it as a wonderful…

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Six use cases for mobility and location data in 2022
Six use cases for mobility and location data in 2022

Jan 7

The Top 10 Emerging Markets to Watch in 2022

Emerging markets disproportionately drive global economic growth. The fastest GDP per capita growth and fastest employment growth are both found in emerging markets, according to the Brooking Institute. Which emerging-market cities should you watch in 2022? Bangkok, Thailand Today, Bangkok is one of Asia’s most important commercial cities, and the…

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The Top 10 Emerging Markets to Watch in 2022
The Top 10 Emerging Markets to Watch in 2022

Dec 15, 2021

2021 in review: what we achieved together this year

2021 was a big year for all of us at WhereIsMyTransport. From helping clients and partners like Google and the World Bank deliver smarter solutions in emerging markets, to raising $14.5 million during our Series A extension, and launching Rumbo — our first consumer product in Latin America and Asia…

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2021 in review: what we achieved together this year
2021 in review: what we achieved together this year

Dec 1, 2021

Commuter insights: Bajajs in Dar es Salaam

Our latest white paper, understanding the mobility ground truth in Dar es Salaam, explores the public transport modes that people in Tanzania’s most-populous city use to get around. One of those modes is bajajs—auto-rickshaws typically used by commuters and children travelling to school. Think public transport in Dar es Salaam…

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Commuter insights: Bajajs in Dar es Salaam
Commuter insights: Bajajs in Dar es Salaam

Nov 10, 2021

Commuter insights: combis and microbuses in Lima, Peru

Our latest white paper, understanding the mobility ground truth in Lima, explores the public transport modes that commuters in Peru’s largest city use to get around. Two of those are combis and microbuses, the latter of which is abbreviated to micros in Peruvian Spanish. Every day, people spend an average…

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Commuter insights: combis and microbuses in Lima, Peru
Commuter insights: combis and microbuses in Lima, Peru
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