The word "Boda Boda" is specifically used in East Africa to refer to Bike taxis. Even though the use of the bike for transport of goods and people can be found throughout the Continent. The "Boda Boda" has been a tool to provide employment and services. It provides particularly young men lacking skills a means of employment. Access to credit and cheap imports from the Indian continent has helped it's rise to prominence. With African cities growing at a unprecedented pace and traffic coming to a grinding halt during rush hours. The "Boda Boda" has played a major role in getting people from A to B. But like many things. It comes with a cost!, with an increase in road accidents and deaths. What does the future hold for the "Boda Boda"?.