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Cycling in Africa is booming. These activists want to make it safer

The Ivorian environmental activist Andy Costa also known as the cycling ambassador in Africa, stands in front of municipal police officers of the central business district of Plateau, whose mayor Jacques Gabriel Ehouo supports the concept of using bicycles, in Abidjan, Ivory Coast September 4, 2020. Picture taken September 4, 2020. REUTERS/Luc Gnago - RC2O9J90OXSB

Cycling can help people respect social distancing. Image: REUTERS/Luc Gnago

Loucoumane Coulibaly
Journalist, Reuters
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The Ivorian environmental activist Andy Costa also known as the cycling ambassador in Africa, stands with his green helmet inside the botanical garden of Cocody University in Abidjan, Ivory Coast July 28, 2020. Picture taken July 28, 2020.
Andy Costa (pictured) is also known as the cycling ambassador in Africa. Image: REUTERS/Luc Gnago
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The Ivorian environmental activist Andy Costa also known as the cycling ambassador in Africa, pedals his bike among cars in a street of the central business district of Plateau in Abidjan, Ivory Coast July 24, 2020. Picture taken July 24, 2020.
Andy Costa campaigned for cycle lanes in the Ivory Coast. Image: REUTERS/Luc Gnago
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