Eng. Derrick Ogonji

Eng. Derrick Reagan Ogonji is a Registered Transportation Engineer and Manager, Electrification at the Institute for Transportation and Development Policy (ITDP) Africa, with over a decade of experience in sustainable urban mobility. He specialises in the planning, design, traffic assessment, modelling, and implementation of high-capacity public transport systems, with a strong focus on system optimisation and zero-emission mobility. Derrick has led assignments across Kenya, Tanzania, Ethiopia, Rwanda, Egypt, and Ghana, working with governments, development partners, and multilateral financiers to deliver data-driven, institution-strengthening transport solutions. He currently spearheads regional electrification initiatives, supporting cities to transition to electric public transport through integrated planning of charging infrastructure, operations, and financing frameworks.

His expertise spans service planning, traffic microsimulation, demand forecasting, and transport economics, with extensive contributions to BRT and multimodal corridor studies under major MDB-funded programs. Derrick is recognised for bridging technical design with policy development, stakeholder coordination, and climate finance to deliver scalable, future-ready systems. He holds a BSc in Civil Engineering and is completing an MSc in Transport Planning & Engineering at Edinburgh Napier University, and is professionally registered with the Engineers Board of Kenya, the Chartered Institute of Highways & Transportation (UK), and the Institute of Transportation Engineers (USA), He champions a systems-based approach to mobility transformation positioning electrification as a cross-sector solution linking transport, energy, and finance to deliver resilient, efficient, and sustainable urban transport across Africa.