This proposal deals with shared mobility in West Africa in the digital age. It is based on the paradox according to which, despite the great tradition of shared mobility in Africa and the integration of digital technology into the daily lives of individuals, the continent has not managed to develop shared and connected mobility systems similar to those that are being deployed elsewhere in the world (BlaBlaCar in Europe, GojeK in India, Poparide in Canada, Waze Carpool in the USA, etc.).
The proposal is based on a research-action in geography intended to produce a sort of African BlaBlaCar. The aim is to draw lessons from the ongoing experimentation of the RMobility platform, which is already operational in Benin, Togo and, to a lesser extent, Cameroon, Mali, Senegal and Ivory-Coast.
This platform, developed by its author, is in line with the philosophy of other major platforms, but with the specificity of taking better account of African socio-territorial constraints: security, trust, social representations, superstitions and fetishism.
Thus, the first results from a critical mass of users allow for a better understanding of the brakes and adhesion of populations for shared mobility platforms in the African context.
Keywords: Shared Mobility |Carpooling|MaaS|West Africa|Uses
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