article_snippet: Bodas are the main thing getting people from A to B," says Alastair Sussock, co-founder of SafeBoda, "and we're trying to professionalize this transportation in the city.
article_snippet: For now, the Uber-like startup operates mainly in the northern districts of Kampala, where a click on the SafeBoda app -- in addition to the traditional method of hailing Young people on the street -- will bring you a Safeboda bike, complete with a uniformed driver in a bright orange jacket, helmet and fully trained in road safety.
article_snippet: Safety has long been a concern for those riding boda bodas as the bikes are a leading cause of death and head injury in Kampala.
article_snippet: A study conducted at Mulago National Referral  Hospital in Kampala, by researchers at Makerere University, identified approximately 40% of trauma cases at Mulago National Referral  Hospital in Kampala to be due to boda-boda accidents.
article_snippet: I request a SafeBoda to take me to meet the team in the upmarket area of Kisementi, in Kampala's central district.
article_snippet: The name stands - safeboda.
article_snippet: the team at SafeBoda're reinventing the boda boda reputation to prove the team at SafeBoda can be safe, as well as fast and economical.
highlights_snippet: Ugandan start-up SafeBoda are changing the face of boda-boda motorbike taxis .
  