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Tap&Go Cashless Urban Transit Network

Revision 2026-08-27-correction-run · effective 2026-08-26

Superseded. A later revision exists: 2026-08-27-editorial-review →

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Date the press sources from the publishers themselves.

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of 7 claims mapped
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source dossiers
3
publication dates recorded
0
archives linked
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exact locators
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content captures hashed

Claims, one by one

The text below is copied verbatim from the published record. Each claim names the source dossiers that carry it; caveats stay attached to the claim they qualify.

Claim 1 clm-8d5ae49d71846c9a quantitative
AC Group's Tap&Go contactless card has been used on Kigali's public buses since 2015
Published field
snippet · verbatim
Mapping
mapped · no interpretation or interpolation added by this passport
What the mapping says
The project record describes Tap&Go as 'Used on all public buses in Kigali to pay for transport fare', and names AC Group as the organisation behind it. The 2015 start is the operator's own dating.
Caveat
No claim-specific caveat recorded

Sources carrying this claim

  1. Do4Africa — Tap & Go project record (reference)
  2. AC Group (operator)
Claim 2 clm-cafae51e6ff411a1 descriptive
the company has taken it to Yaounde in Cameroon as well
Published field
snippet · verbatim
Mapping
mapped · no interpretation or interpolation added by this passport
What the mapping says
The project record states 'This project is implemented in Rwanda as well as in Cameroon', and the East African reporting covers the Cameroon deployment.
Caveat
No claim-specific caveat recorded

Sources carrying this claim

  1. Do4Africa — Tap & Go project record (reference)
  2. The EastAfrican (press)
Claim 3 clm-a921335ce7b4aa5e quantitative
It reports more than 298 million journeys, and says bus operators recover 30 to 40% of the fare revenue that cash collection used to lose
Published field
snippet · verbatim
Mapping
mapped · no interpretation or interpolation added by this passport
What the mapping says
Both figures are AC Group's own, stated on its Tap&Go page: journeys facilitated and the share of previously lost revenue that operators recover.
Caveat
The operator's own figures. Its site is now a JavaScript application that serves no readable text to a plain request, so no locator string is recorded against them.

Sources carrying this claim

  1. AC Group (operator)
Claim 4 clm-e195e316dc45c538 quantitative
more than 298 million journeys since 2015, and bus companies recovering 30 to 40% of the fare revenue previously lost to cash collection
Published field
impact · verbatim
Mapping
mapped · no interpretation or interpolation added by this passport
What the mapping says
The two headline figures the operator publishes for Tap&Go.
Caveat
Operator figures, unaudited and without a stated method for either the journey count or the recovery range.

Sources carrying this claim

  1. AC Group (operator)
Claim 5 clm-bd40c08bd346a696 descriptive
No independent evaluation of either number was found for this entry
Published field
impact · verbatim
Mapping
mapped · no interpretation or interpolation added by this passport
What the mapping says
The recovered-revenue range and the journey count appear in the operator's material and are repeated in the press coverage that cites it. Nothing read for this entry measures either independently.
Caveat
A statement about the state of the evidence, made by this entry rather than by any source.

Sources carrying this claim

  1. AC Group (operator)
  2. The EastAfrican (press)
  3. Startup Guide (press)
Claim 6 clm-6f44ae3c28ffc481 descriptive
What Tap&Go is reported to have delivered is recovered fare revenue - money that used to go missing between the passenger and the bus company - and that is the number the company leads with, not journey times or waiting
Published field
lesson · verbatim
Mapping
mapped · no interpretation or interpolation added by this passport
What the mapping says
The operator's own headline claims for the product are the journey count and the recovered-revenue range. No figure for journey time, waiting time or service reliability appears in the material read for this entry.
Caveat
An observation about what the operator chooses to publish, drawn from its own material.

Sources carrying this claim

  1. AC Group (operator)
Claim 7 clm-4624f10b3188c053 descriptive
it is what carried the same product across a border
Published field
lesson · verbatim
Mapping
mapped · no interpretation or interpolation added by this passport
What the mapping says
The East African covers the Rwandan firm's cashless bus system being taken to Cameroon, and the project record confirms the system runs in both countries.
Caveat
No claim-specific caveat recorded

Sources carrying this claim

  1. The EastAfrican (press)
  2. Do4Africa — Tap & Go project record (reference)

Source dossiers and revision state

This layer records what is known about each source, what is still missing, and the exact snapshot this page is rendering. A missing date, archive or hash stays visible as missing.

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of 7 claims mapped
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source dossiers
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publication dates recorded
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archives linked
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exact locators
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content captures hashed

Governance facts carried by the record

Operator
AC Group
Actor types
private
Funding model
private
Funding description
Not recorded
Cost
Not recorded
Ownership
Not recorded
Decision rights
Not recorded
Exit conditions
Not recorded

4 source dossiers

AC Group (operator) acgroup.rw · 5 linked claims

Open original source ↗

Stable source ID
src-23de19bd5bddcc4c
Publisher
Name not classified · acgroup.rw
Type / language
web-page · language not classified
Published
Not recorded
Updated
Not recorded
Source last checked
No source-level check date
Record last verified
2026-08-26
Dossier created
2026-08-27
Retrieved copy
No local capture recorded
Archive
No archived copy linked
Content hash
No captured content hash
Locator
Open the recorded source note

The operator's own product page for Tap&Go. A standing page with no publication date.

Descriptive only — not page/paragraph exact
Claims linked
Startup Guide (press) startupguide.com · 1 linked claim

Open original source ↗

Stable source ID
src-f9ef416ff2907de2
Publisher
Name not classified · startupguide.com
Type / language
web-page · language not classified
Published
2021-06-28
Updated
Not recorded
Source last checked
No source-level check date
Record last verified
2026-08-26
Dossier created
2026-08-27
Retrieved copy
No local capture recorded
Archive
No archived copy linked
Content hash
No captured content hash
Locator
Open the recorded source note

Profile of how the company built the system. The page did not answer automated requests, so no date is recorded here.

Descriptive only — not page/paragraph exact
Claims linked
The EastAfrican (press) theeastafrican.co.ke · 3 linked claims

Open original source ↗

Stable source ID
src-28326afd941aebb3
Publisher
Name not classified · theeastafrican.co.ke
Type / language
web-page · language not classified
Published
2017-02-24
Updated
Not recorded
Source last checked
No source-level check date
Record last verified
2026-08-26
Dossier created
2026-08-27
Retrieved copy
No local capture recorded
Archive
No archived copy linked
Content hash
No captured content hash
Locator
Open the recorded source note

Reporting of 24 February 2017 on the system's extension beyond Rwanda: 'This project is implemented in Rwanda as well as in Cameroon.'

Descriptive only — not page/paragraph exact
Claims linked
Do4Africa — Tap & Go project record (reference) do4africa.org · 3 linked claims

Open original source ↗

Stable source ID
src-8f8ca8ce24099a67
Publisher
Name not classified · do4africa.org
Type / language
web-page · language not classified
Published
2020-06-16
Updated
Not recorded
Source last checked
No source-level check date
Record last verified
2026-08-26
Dossier created
2026-08-27
Retrieved copy
No local capture recorded
Archive
No archived copy linked
Content hash
No captured content hash
Locator
Open the recorded source note

Independent project record describing where the card is used - all public buses in Kigali - and that it runs in Cameroon as well as Rwanda.

Descriptive only — not page/paragraph exact
Claims linked
Known limits of this passport
  • Publisher names and source languages have not yet been classified; domains are recorded without guessing.
  • Existing source notes are descriptive locators, not page- or paragraph-exact citations.
  • A missing archive, publication date or content hash is shown as null rather than inferred.
  • The project-level evidence grade ranks the strongest source in the entry; it is not a truth score for every claim.