Ghana award 7200AA21FA00019 · 2022 · transport infrastructure · J. E. Austin Associates, Inc.

Launched in October 2021, BFG is a three-year initiative to address mobility challenges in rural and periurban areas in sub-Saharan Africa by developing and demonstrating the means to promote functional bicycle market systems leading to rapid increases in bicycle access and uptake. BFG has two phases. In the first phase, BFG is conducting market systems assessments of the supply, demand, and supporting systems for bicycles in Ghana, Malawi, Rwanda, Uganda, and Zambia, leading to reports such as this one. Based on the results of the assessment phase, BFG will implement pilot projects in four to six localities across two of the targeted countries. The pilots will reduce barriers to the supply and uptake of fit-for-purpose, affordable, and durable bicycles. In addition to the assessments and pilots, BFG is identifying local partners in each country to serve as Convening Partners and members of Bicycle Market System Advisory Committees, which will continue to advocate and serve the interests of bicycle market stakeholders, building on the work of the assessments.

Source: IATI activity description, US-GOV-1-7200AA21FA00019 (2021). The source's own text.