Editing Auto rickshaw (section)

=== Africa and the Middle East ===
==== Algeria ====
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==== Egypt ====
Locally named the "tuktuk", the rickshaw is used as a means of transportation in most parts of Egypt. It is generally rare to find in some affluent and newer parts of cities such as [[New Cairo]] and [[Heliopolis, Cairo|Heliopolis]]; and on highways due to police control and enforcement.

==== Gaza ====
Together with the [[Economy of Gaza#Recreation industry|recent boom of recreational facilities in Gaza]] for the local residents, donkey carts have all but been displaced by tuk-tuks in 2010. Due to the ban by [[Egypt]] and Israel on the import of most motorised vehicles, the tuk-tuks have had to be smuggled in parts through the [[Gaza Strip smuggling tunnels|tunnel network]] connecting Gaza with [[Egypt]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=314523 | title=Tuk Tuks replace mules on Gaza streets | access-date=2011-03-22 | date=12 September 2010 | publisher=Maan News Agency}}</ref>

====Iraq====
Due to extreme congestion in [[Baghdad]] and other Iraqi cities combined with the insensible cost of vehicles in relation to frequent violence, rickshaws have been imported from India in large numbers to provide taxi service and other purposes, in stark contrast to previous attitudes of the [[2003 invasion of Iraq|pre-U.S. 2003 invasion]] eras with rickshaws being disdained and sedans being held in high regard as a status symbol. Rickshaws have been noted for being instrumental in political protest revolts.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.deccanherald.com/world/mundane-autos-in-india-hero-tuk-tuks-in-iraq-779539.html |title=Mundane autos in India, hero tuk-tuks in Iraq |work=[[Deccan Herald]] |date=25 November 2019 |access-date=31 January 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://theprint.in/global-pulse/how-indian-manufactured-auto-rickshaws-became-a-symbol-of-iraqi-protests/326463/ |title=How Indian manufactured auto-rickshaws became a symbol of Iraqi protests |work=[[ThePrint]] |last=Shukla |first=Srijan |date=26 November 2019 |access-date=31 January 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.aa.com.tr/en/middle-east/in-congested-baghdad-iraqis-turn-to-3-wheel-tuk-tuks-/1286855 |title=In congested Baghdad, Iraqis turn to 3-wheel 'tuk-tuks' |work=[[Anadolu Agency]] |last=Alhas |first=Ali Murat}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/how-tuk-tuk-drivers-became-unlikely-heroes-iraq-s-popular-n1082021 |title=How tuk-tuk drivers became the unlikely heroes of Iraq's popular revolt |work=[[NBC News]] |last=Vitalone |first=Vivi |date=14 November 2024 |access-date=31 January 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2019/11/01/why-humble-tuk-tuk-has-become-symbol-iraqs-uprising/ |title=The humble three-wheeled tuk-tuk has become the symbol of Iraq's uprising |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |date=1 November 2024 |access-date=31 January 2024 |last1=Salim |first1=Mustafa |last2=Berger |first2=Miriam}}</ref>

==== Madagascar ====
In Madagascar, man-powered rickshaws are a common form of transportation in a number of cities, especially [[Antsirabe]]. They are known as "posy" from ''pousse-pousse'', meaning ''push-push''. Cycle rickshaws took off since 2006 in a number of flat cities like [[Toamasina]] and replaced the major part of the posy, and are now threatened by the auto rickshaws, introduced in 2009. Provincial capitals like Toamasina, Mahajanga, Toliara, and Antsiranana are taking to them rapidly.{{Citation needed|date=April 2016}} They are known as "bajaji" in the north and "tuk-tuk" or "tik-tik" in the east, and are now licensed to operate as taxis.{{Citation needed|date=April 2016}} They are not yet allowed an operating licence in the congested, and more polluted national capital, Antananarivo.{{Citation needed|date=April 2016}}<ref>{{cite book | title=Madagascar, Volume 15 of Cultures of the World Cultures of the World{{Snd}} Group 15 | publisher=Marshall Cavendish |author1=Jay Heale |author2=Zawiah Abdul Latif | year=2008 | pages=75–76 | isbn=978-0761430360 | edition=2}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yNax15GoPIkC&q=pousse-pousse&pg=PT59 | title=Madagascar Travel Guide | publisher=Lonely Planet | access-date=2013-04-13 | year=2012 | edition=7 | isbn=978-1743213018 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=2014-05-30 |title='Bajaj' à Mahajanga : Entre 70 et 100 clients par jour |url=http://www.midi-madagasikara.mg/societe/2014/05/30/bajaj-mahajanga-70-100-clients-jour/ |work=Midi Madagasikara |language=fr}}</ref>

==== Morocco ====
In Morocco, there are Auto-rickshaws in Rabat, Casablanca and Marrakesh.

==== Nigeria ====
[[File:Congestion in uyo.jpg|thumb|right|Aerial view of autorickshaw congestion from a pedestrian bridge in Uyo, Southeast Nigeria]]

The auto rickshaw is used to provide transportation in cities all over Nigeria. Popularity and use varies across the country. In Lagos, for example, the "keke" ([[Hausa language|Hausa]] for bicycle) is regulated and transportation around the state's highways is prohibited while in Kano it's popularly known as "Adaidaita Sahu".<ref>{{cite news |url=http://dailypost.ng/2017/11/16/lagos-bans-okada-keke-520-roads-areas-full-list/ |title=Lagos bans okada, keke from 520 roads, areas [Full list] |first=Wale |last=Odunsi|date=16 November 2017 |work=Daily Post}}</ref> 
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==== South Africa ====
[[File:Tuk-Tuk in Hermanus, South Africa (2014).jpg|thumb|Tuk-Tuk in [[Hermanus]], South Africa (2014)]]

Tuk-tuks, introduced in [[Durban]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://zululandtourism.co.za/Durban.html |title=Durban offers beaches and cultural diversity |publisher=Zululand Tourism |access-date=22 September 2015 |quote=Tuk Tuks: Mororised, covered tricycles which carry up to six passengers. Ideal for short 'hops' between the beachfront and city centre. |archive-date=22 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220522232700/http://zululandtourism.co.za/Durban.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> in the late 1980s, have enjoyed growing popularity in recent years, particularly in [[Gauteng]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://mg.co.za/article/2013-01-18-cheap-cheap-tuk-tuk-taxis-take-off |title=Cheap-cheap tuk-tuk taxis take over Jozi |last1=Steyn |first1=Lisa |date=18 January 2013 |access-date=22 September 2015 |quote=Tuk-tuks, also known as auto rickshaws, are becoming an increasingly common sight on South Africa's roads because people are trying to travel short distances at lower costs than driving and at less risk than walking.}}</ref>  In [[Cape Town]] they are used to deliver groceries and, more recently, transport tourists.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://insideguide.co.za/tuk-tuks-cape-town/ |title=Tuk-tuks are coming to Cape Town |last=Ryan |first=Tamlyn |date=September 2016 |publisher=Inside Guide |access-date=2017-03-18 |archive-date=2017-08-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170814155835/http://insideguide.co.za/tuk-tuks-cape-town/ |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.timeslive.co.za/local/2017/01/25/Buddibox-grocery-delivery-programme-set-to-create-10000-young-entrepreneurs-in-Gauteng1 |title=Buddibox grocery delivery programme set to create 10,000 young entrepreneurs in Gauteng |last=Govender |first=Suthentira  |date=2017-01-25 |work=TimesLIVE}}</ref>
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[[File:Seen at Hamad Elnil.jpg|thumb|upright|Rickshaw in [[Omdurman]], Sudan]]

==== Sudan ====
Rickshaws, known as "Raksha" in Sudan, are the most common means of transportation, followed by the bus, in the capital [[Khartoum]].

==== Tanzania ====
Locally known as "bajaji", they are a common mode of transportation in [[Dar es Salaam]], and many other cities and villages.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://allafrica.com/stories/201203070675.html |title=Tanzania: Bajaji, Dar es Salaam's Indispensable Taxi |last=Kalagho |first=Kenan |date=13 February 2012 |website=AllAfrica |access-date=22 September 2015 |quote=Until the year 2010 Dar es Salaam had no room for the Indian Bajaji and or a tricycle to be used as a means of transporting passengers. Today it is a common feature around Dar es Salaam.}}</ref>

==== Tunisia ====
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====Uganda====
A local delivery company called as Sokowatch in 2020 began a pilot project using electric tuk-tuks, to cut pollution.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://cleantechnica.com/2020/12/04/gayam-motor-works-sokowatch-launch-east-africas-first-commercial-electric-tuk-tuks/ |title=Gayam Motor Works & Sokowatch Launch East Africa's First Commercial Electric Tuk-Tuks |first=Remeredzai Joseph |last=Kuhudzai |date=4 December 2020 |website=CleanTechnica}}</ref>

==== Zimbabwe ====
[[File:Hende front.jpg|thumb|left| Hende Moto electric 3-wheeler, Zimbabwe]]

Hende Moto EV & Taxi company was founded in 2019 by Devine Mafa, an American-Zimbabwean businessman. Hende Moto taxis were first introduced in Zimbabwe as the first vehicle manufactured by Zimbabwean three-wheeler manufacturing company Hende Moto Pvt Ltd. The first Hende Moto Taxi was introduced in Kwekwe in August 2019, and thereafter in Victoria Falls City and then Harare in 2019. Hende Moto is also the manufacturer of the first Zimbabwean-made electric passenger three-wheeled vehicle. It operates on a lithium-ion battery that has a range of 70 miles on a 6-hour charge.