Podzafika chaka cha 2050, anthu okhala m’tauni mu Africa adzakhala 1,5 biliyoni. Kukula kolimba kumeneku kumafuna kusintha kwa mizinda kuti ikwaniritse zosowa za onse okhala m'mizinda ndikuwonetsetsa kuti madera aku Africa atukuka. Pachimake cha masinthidwe ameneŵa, mu Afirika mwinamwake koposa kwina kulikonse, kusuntha kuli mbali yaikulu, kaya kukafika kumsika, malo antchito kapena kukachezera achibale.
Masiku ano, kuyenda kwakukulu kumeneku kumachitika wapansi kapena ndimayendedwe azikhalidwe (makamaka kum'mwera kwa Sahara ku Africa). Kuti akwaniritse zosowa zomwe zikuchulukirachulukira, ndikumanga mizinda yokhazikika komanso yophatikiza, mizinda yayikulu ikupeza njira zoyendera anthu ambiri, monga BRT, tramu kapena metro.
Komabe, kukhazikitsidwa kwa mapulojekitiwa kumachokera ku chidziwitso choyambirira chazomwe zimayendera m'mizinda ya ku Africa, pomanga masomphenya a nthawi yayitali ndi maulamuliro olimba komanso njira zopezera ndalama. Ndizinthu zosiyanasiyana izi zomwe zidzakambidwe mu Clom iyi (yotseguka komanso yayikulu pa intaneti) yomwe imayang'ana anthu omwe akuchita nawo ntchito zoyendera m'matauni ku Africa, komanso makamaka kwa onse omwe akufuna kudziwa zakusintha kwa Africa. .ntchito m’mizinda ikuluikulu imeneyi.
Clom iyi ndi chifukwa cha njira ya mgwirizano pakati pa mabungwe awiri omwe amagwira ntchito zamayendedwe akumidzi m'mizinda yakumwera, yomwe ndi French Development Agency (AFD) kudzera mu Campus yake (AFD - Cam), ndi Cooperation for Development and Improvement of Urban Transport ( CODATU), ndi Operators awiri a Francophonie, ndi Senghor University amene ntchito yake ndi kuphunzitsa akuluakulu angathe kuthana ndi mavuto a chitukuko zisathe mu Africa ndi University Agency of La Francophonie (AUF), dziko kutsogolera maukonde yunivesite. Akatswiri oyendayenda komanso oyendetsa magalimoto akumidzi asonkhanitsidwa kuti amalize gulu lophunzitsa la Clom ndikupereka ukatswiri wokwanira pamitu yomwe ikukambidwa. Othandizirawa akufuna kuthokoza makamaka olankhula ochokera ku mabungwe ndi makampani otsatirawa: Agence Urbaine de Lyon, CEREMA, Facilitateur de Mobilités ndi Transitec.
