The way this squares up is that the protein of the population that is urbanized is very low compared to many other countries. In lots of African cities the road

The way this squares up is that the protein of the population that is urbanized is very low compared to many other countries. In lots of African cities the road infrastructure is underbuilt for the amount of usage, but also there's just a lot more people still not living in urban areas. A good short hand for this is proportion of the country that works in agriculture. It's about 66% for Ethiopia (according to first hit in Google search), compared to about 2% for the US. Lots of those Ethiopian ag workers are going to be subsistence farmers, probably using animals where the us would use tractors, and public transport for personal transit and moving extra goods to market. It'll be interesting to hear how they plan to handle freight and public transport (buses/matatus). Random link source: https://www.visualcapitalist.com/cp/agricultural-workers-by-country/#:~:text=Ethiopia%20(66%25)%20and%20Tanzania,income%20African%20countries%20close%20behind https://www.visualcapitalist.com/cp/agricultural-workers-by-.... (I spent about a month in Ethiopia back in 2012ish, amidst a year in Kenya. So thoughts and observations are largely based on that time.)