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Transaid: Motorcycle Helmet Safety Initiative Launches In Kenya

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Wednesday, June 23, 2021
Transport, Service industries, Human activities, Boda boda, Utility cycling, Motorcycle helmet, MotorCycle, Bicycle helmet, British Motorcyclists Federation, Road traffic safety, Okada

NAIROBI, Kenya, June 23, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- A national motorcycle helmet coalition is to be established in Kenya as part of a major effort to increase motorcycle and motorised three-wheeler safety for riders and their passengers.

Key Points: 
  • NAIROBI, Kenya, June 23, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- A national motorcycle helmet coalition is to be established in Kenya as part of a major effort to increase motorcycle and motorised three-wheeler safety for riders and their passengers.
  • Independent global road safety philanthropy the FIA Foundation will provide ongoing support for the initiative and has appointed Transaid to lead an initial 18-month project to build a national network of stakeholders to improve safety and reduce injury nationally.
  • Transaid is an international development organisation with extensive experience in motorcycle and three-wheeler safety and has worked in Kenya previously.
  • The majority of the estimated 1.4 million* motorcycles in Kenya are used as "boda bodas" and whilst compulsory motorcycle helmet use laws exist, enforcement is currently inconsistent and helmet use is low.

Transaid: Motorcycle Helmet Safety Initiative Launches In Kenya

Retrieved on: 
Wednesday, June 23, 2021
Transport, Service industries, Human activities, Boda boda, Utility cycling, Motorcycle helmet, MotorCycle, Bicycle helmet, British Motorcyclists Federation, Road traffic safety, Okada

NAIROBI, Kenya, June 23, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- A national motorcycle helmet coalition is to be established in Kenya as part of a major effort to increase motorcycle and motorised three-wheeler safety for riders and their passengers.

Key Points: 
  • NAIROBI, Kenya, June 23, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- A national motorcycle helmet coalition is to be established in Kenya as part of a major effort to increase motorcycle and motorised three-wheeler safety for riders and their passengers.
  • Independent global road safety philanthropy the FIA Foundation will provide ongoing support for the initiative and has appointed Transaid to lead an initial 18-month project to build a national network of stakeholders to improve safety and reduce injury nationally.
  • Transaid is an international development organisation with extensive experience in motorcycle and three-wheeler safety and has worked in Kenya previously.
  • The majority of the estimated 1.4 million* motorcycles in Kenya are used as "boda bodas" and whilst compulsory motorcycle helmet use laws exist, enforcement is currently inconsistent and helmet use is low.

Mark Okada to Retire from Highland Capital Management

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Monday, September 30, 2019
Hedge funds, Highland Capital Management, Highland Capital, Okada

DALLAS, Sept. 30, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Highland Capital Management, L.P. announced today that co-founder Mark Okada is retiring from the firm, stepping down from his fulltime role at the end of 2019.

Key Points: 
  • DALLAS, Sept. 30, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Highland Capital Management, L.P. announced today that co-founder Mark Okada is retiring from the firm, stepping down from his fulltime role at the end of 2019.
  • Highland president James Dondero, who founded the firm with Okada, will continue to oversee the management of Highland and all affiliated businesses, and will take over as co-chief investment officer following Okada's retirement.
  • Dondero and Okada founded Highland in 1993 and grew the firm into the multibillion-dollar investment platform that it is today.
  • Highland Capital Management, L.P. (together with its affiliates "Highland") is a multibillion-dollar global alternative investment managerfounded in 1993 by Jim Dondero and Mark Okada.