Africa moves on the informal.
We give it a spine.

We digitise the informal transport sector, country by country, starting with the trotro in Ghana.

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70–90%

of urban trips in Africa are informal

3.5M

trotro trips / day · Greater Accra

country running · a continent next

GH¢518B

mobile money / month · the rail we ride

The market

One continent. One rollout.

Where we run today, where we go next, and the informal-transport network we're building across Africa. Click a country for a quick overview.

GhanaTrotroDigital · Accra● Active
NigeriaDanfoDigital · LagosNext
KenyaMatatuDigital · NairobiPlanned

TrotroDigital

Accra·Active

·App, driver wallet, QR & USSD payments
·Real-time map and live trips across Accra
·Mobile-money rails: MTN MoMo, Hubtel
·~3.5M trotro trips / day addressable

trotro.live

1.4B

people move on informal transport across Africa, the network we're digitising, country by country.

The mission

We give African transport superpowers.

The trotro, the danfo, the matatu already move the continent, with no timetable, no data, and cash that no one can trace. We keep the network the streets built and add the layer it never had: digital payment, real-time tracking, and honest numbers, for drivers, owners, passengers and cities alike.

Our first promise isn't to the passenger. It's to the vehicle owner: for the first time, see every cedi your vehicle actually earns.

01Digitise the fareRiders pay by app, QR or USSD on the mobile-money rails they already use, cash optional, never a closed wallet.
02Make revenue honestOwners and drivers see real-time takings. Trust replaces guesswork, the wedge that makes the sector adopt.
03Build the networkReal-time maps, driver wallets, financial services and city-grade data, the operating system for informal transport.

Products & countries

Local names on the street. One company behind them.

Each country keeps the name of its own iconic vehicle, an identity you can't buy. Urbans Africa is the guarantor behind all of them.

GhanaTrotroDigitalThe flagship. App, driver wallet, QR & USSD pay, real-time map, running in Accra today.Active · Ghanatrotro.live →

NigeriaDanfoDigital75,000+ danfos move Lagos. The same system, the local name.Coming soon

KenyaMatatuDigitalNairobi's matatus went cashless in 2025. We're on the map.On the map

Every product carries the line: Powered by Urbans Africa.

Social impact

Technology that lifts people, not just fares.

Informal transport feeds millions of families and moves the cities that power Africa's economy, yet its workers are invisible to banks, unprotected, and squeezed. Digitising it isn't about control. It's about dignity, inclusion and opportunity for the people who keep the continent moving.

Livelihoods

Fairer income for drivers & mates

Transparent takings end the daily leakage and exploitation, more of every fare reaches the people who earn it, with savings and credit built in.

Inclusion

Banking the unbanked

A driver wallet and a digital track record bring millions of informal workers, and their vehicles, into the formal financial system for the first time.

Dignity

Safer, respected journeys

Recorded, traceable trips mean safer rides, especially for women and students, and long-overdue recognition for a profession that has always been the city's backbone.

Get involved

Three ways in.

Investors & partners

Back the network

The thesis, the traction, the markets. We're building the payment and data layer for a sector that carries most of the continent.

Read the investor brief

Drivers & owners

Earn more, see every cedi

Digital fares, a driver wallet, and honest numbers on your vehicle. Join through your country's app.

Open the app

Governments & cities

Digitise your transport

Formalise fares, generate ridership data, and modernise mobility, with the sector, not against it.

Work with us

Africa moves on the informal.We give it a spine.