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<h1>These names help you understand what a mini-bus is locally called on the streets of a country.</h1>

<p>As a new tourist, the understanding of local slangs help you navigate easily. Check out what the common buses are called in your country.</p>

<ol><li>Danfo: Nigeria</li><li>Trotro/Trosky: Ghana</li><li>Matatu: Kenya</li><li>Taxis collectifs: Algeria</li><li>Candonguiero: Angola</li><li>Bush taxi: Benin, Burkina Faso, Togo, Niger, Chad</li><li>Combi: Botswana, Namibia</li><li>Gbaka: Cote d'Ivoire</li><li>Poda Poda: Sierra Leone</li><li>Magbana: Guinea</li><li>Toca Toca: Guinea-Bissau</li><li>Car rapide: Senegal</li><li>Sotraka: Mali</li><li>Aluguer/Yasi: Cape verde</li><li>Louage: Tunisia</li><li>Iveco: Libya</li><li>Microbus: Egypt</li><li>Hafla: Sudan and South Sudan</li><li>Taxi bus: Cameroon, Lesotho, E-swatini, Gabon</li><li>Foula foula: Congo and Democratic Republic of the Congo</li><li>Blue Donkey: Ethiopia</li><li>Twegerane: Rwanda</li><li>Dala dala: Tanzania</li><li>Taxi brousse: Comoros islands</li><li>Chapa: Mozambique</li><li>Kombi: Zimbabwe</li><li>Taxi Be: Madagascar</li><li>Bus: Basically every other African country</li></ol>

<p><strong><em>This list was culled from an infographic done by Funmi Oyatogun.</em></strong></p>

What Mini-Buses are called in Africa [Funmi Oyatogun]

A Lagos danfo conductor. (For illustration purpose only)

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