Bajaj and Bodaboda: Inside Tanzania’s alternative school transport

Dar es Salaam. Every weekday morning, across Tanzania’s bustling cities and remote villages, a noisy, unconventional convoy winds through alleys and highways: Bajajs and Bodabodas ferrying children to school.

These three- and two-wheeled vehicles have become indispensable to many Tanzanian families, especially where school buses are unavailable or unaffordable.