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Notes on moving around Ghana.

Practical writing from the people building and running Topsy: what works on Accra's roads, what drivers and merchants actually earn from, and how to get more out of the platform.

Riders

Travelling between cities on one metered fare

What changes when the journey is 200 kilometres rather than 20.

Kofi Agyeman Duah · 22 Nov 2024 · 2 min read

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Okada, Economy, Comfort or XL: choosing for the trip you are making

Seats are the obvious question. Luggage and journey length are the ones people forget.

Akosua Frimpong · 6 Nov 2024 · 2 min read

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Scheduling a ride the night before

Why the driver search starts ten minutes ahead rather than the moment you book.

Yaw Oppong Darko · 22 Oct 2024 · 2 min read

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Adding stops to a trip instead of booking twice

Up to eight stops, priced into the same quote, so nobody negotiates a detour mid-journey.

Adwoa Serwaa Nyarko · 7 Oct 2024 · 2 min read

Riders

What the four-digit PIN is actually for

It is not bureaucracy. It answers the only question that matters at a busy kerb.

Nii Armah Quaye · 21 Sep 2024 · 2 min read

Riders

Booking a ride for somebody who is not you

A parent, a client, an elderly relative. The trip is theirs; the account stays yours.

Efua Mensimah Boateng · 6 Sep 2024 · 2 min read

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Setting the pickup pin properly, and why it saves you five minutes

Most late pickups are not late drivers. They are pins dropped on the wrong side of a wall.

Kwabena Asare · 21 Aug 2024 · 2 min read

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Why your fare is agreed before the car arrives

The roadside negotiation is the part of a journey nobody enjoys. Here is what replaced it.

Abena Owusu-Ansah · 6 Aug 2024 · 2 min read