DataMobilize : Empowering Youth for Safer Roads

What DataMobilize : Empowering Youth for Safer Roads does

DataMobilize is a Cameroonian non-profit founded in 2024 in Yaoundé with five employees, operating as a Local Actions 2024 project under the Global Youth Coalition for Road Safety coordinated by YOURS (Youth for Road Safety) in the Netherlands. The organization builds a road safety data collection and engagement platform targeting youth advocates aged 18-35 and government decision-makers, with the stated mission of empowering youth to generate road safety evidence and influence local road safety policy. Its functional role is to mobilize young Cameroonians as data contributors and policy interlocutors, bridging grassroots observations with national and international road safety institutions.

The core product is a mobile and web-based platform for crowdsourcing road safety data, leveraging the iRAP (International Road Assessment Programme) methodology and Star Ratings for Schools framework to assess infrastructure risk. The technical architecture is conventional: a Django/Python backend, PostgreSQL database, and cloud-hosted deployment, with engineering capacity provided by technical partner Kody SAS. Project leadership combines a PhD candidate with direct World Bank road safety experience and iRAP methodology expertise, which anchors the technical credibility of the data collection instruments used.

As a non-profit, DataMobilize does not operate a conventional revenue model. Funding flows through the Local Actions seed grant program at approximately €5,000 per project, with the broader funding ecosystem including WHO, iRAP, TotalEnergies Foundation, Michelin Foundation, FIA Foundation, and GRSP. The unit economics are grant-driven rather than commercial, and sustainability is dependent on continued coalition participation, future grant cycles, and ecosystem-level monetization through CoalitionHUB, YOURS Academy, and a long-term vision for a Cameroon Road Safety Observatory that would convert project activity into a durable national institution.

Name

DataMobilize : Empowering Youth for Safer Roads

Legal name

YOURS: Youth for Road Safety

Website

https://claimingourspace.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2020

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

DataMobilize is a Cameroonian youth-led non-profit founded in 2024 that builds a road safety data collection and engagement platform, serving youth advocates aged 18-35 and government decision-makers through the Global Youth Coalition network.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Road Safety Data Platform

NAICS

Computing Infrastructure Providers, Data Processing, Web Hosting, and Related Services (5182)

SIC

Services-Computer Programming, Data Processing, Etc. (7370), Services-Computer Processing & Data Preparation (7374)

akta.pro primary industry

Data Observability & Monitoring (HDAEADAI)

Keywords

• Road safety data
• Youth road safety
• Traffic safety reporting
• Mobility data collection
• Road safety observatory

Headquarters

HQ city

Culemborg

HQ country

Netherlands

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Operations, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Youth Coalition Funding Program: DataMobilize is funded through the Global Youth Coalition for Road Safety Local Actions program, which provides seed funding, project plan support, and mentorship to youth-led road safety projects worldwide.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

DataMobilize is a non-profit, youth-led project that builds and operates a mobile and web platform enabling young people in Cameroon to report road safety incidents, conduct safety assessments of high-risk areas, access training, and engage directly with government decision-makers. Its long-term vision is a Cameroon Road Safety Observatory that consolidates fragmented road safety data into a single, locally hosted knowledge-sharing platform.

Product overview

DataMobilize: Empowering Youth for Safer Roads is a project-based initiative under the Global Youth Coalition for Road Safety. It consists of a single platform product focused on road safety data collection and youth engagement in Cameroon, developed in partnership with Kody SAS. The initiative also connects to the broader coalition ecosystem including the CoalitionHUB, YOURS Academy resources, and various advocacy toolkits.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• CoalitionHUB: Digital platform serving as the new digital home of the Global Youth Coalition for Road Safety, connecting members from 130+ countries with resources, news, campaigns, and training opportunities.
• Local Actions
• Changing Lanes: Youth Driving the Movement 4 Safer Mobility
• YOURS Academy
• Global Youth Statement for Road Safety

Products and services

• DataMobilize Platform Mobile-first road safety data collection and engagement platform that enables youth aged 18-35 in Cameroon to report road safety incidents, conduct youth-led safety assessments of high-risk areas, discuss mobility challenges, access road safety training, and engage directly with government decision-makers. Includes a long-term vision for a Cameroon Road Safety Observatory hosted at local institutions.

Quantifiable outcome

• Developed road safety platform enabling youth reporting and engagement
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered core and major.

• Kody SAScoreTechnology or IntegrationKody SAS is a youth-led tech startup founded in 2021 with extensive experience in developing apps and websites. They support DataMobilize project development, testing, debugging, and implementation of the mobile application and website for the road safety platform.
• Global Youth Coalition for Road SafetycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe Global Youth Coalition for Road Safety, hosted by YOURS - Youth for Road Safety, provides funding, mentorship, project management support, and global network access to DataMobilize through its Local Actions program.
• YOURS - Youth for Road SafetycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerParent organization providing organizational support, resources, and programmatic framework for the Global Youth Coalition and all Local Actions projects including DataMobilize.
• World Health Organization (WHO)majorStrategic or Co-development PartnerWHO provides road safety publications and research through the UN Road Safety Collaboration, offering resources and data for coalition members and Local Actions projects.
• International Road Assessment Programme (iRAP)majorStrategic or Co-development PartneriRAP provides star rating methodology and training for road safety assessments. Steffel Ludivin Feudjio Tezong, DataMobilize project lead, is an iRAP practitioner and has worked on iRAP projects.
• Global Road Safety Partnership (GRSP)majorStrategic or Co-development PartnerGRSP provides practical advocacy campaign toolkits including general advocacy, policy implementation, and media advocacy resources for coalition members.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Walk21 Foundation: International sustainable mobility advocacy network; operates youth chapters and global assemblies similar in shape to the Youth Coalition's World Youth Assembly. Comparable as a youth-mobilizing sustainable mobility NGO.
• iRAP (International Road Assessment Programme): Global methodology and data provider for road safety star ratings; DataMobilize's project lead is an iRAP practitioner. Comparable on road safety data methodology and decision-maker engagement, though iRAP operates at far greater scale.
• Global Road Safety Partnership (GRSP): Multi-stakeholder road safety advocacy and capacity-building organization; provides toolkits to the same coalition ecosystem DataMobilize operates in, and serves overlapping government and NGO audiences.
• ASIRT (Association for Safe International Road Travel): Road safety advocacy organization producing data, reports, and educational programs. Comparable mission and beneficiary profile (developing-country road safety) with a similar non-profit, awareness-and-data orientation.
• YOURS - Youth for Road Safety: Parent organization and secretariat of the Global Youth Coalition; runs the Local Actions funding program that backs DataMobilize. Directly comparable as the closest operating model and governance template for DataMobilize's roadmap.
• Kody SAS: Youth-led Cameroonian tech startup building DataMobilize's app and web platform. Comparable as a fellow young, Cameroon-based civic-tech builder with shared youth-empowerment mission and overlapping technical scope.

Broad incumbents

• INRIX: Commercial mobility analytics provider covering road safety, traffic, and infrastructure data for governments and enterprises worldwide. Comparable as a road-data analytics vendor serving decision-makers.
• Waze: Crowdsourced traffic and incident reporting platform with global scale. Comparable as a road-data crowdsourcing product, though commercial and far broader in scope than DataMobilize's civic-tech observatory.
• FIA Foundation: Major international road safety funder and policy advocate; backs the same coalition ecosystem. Comparable as a funder/convener in global road safety, though it operates at vastly greater scale than DataMobilize.
• World Health Organization (WHO) - UN Road Safety Collaboration: UN body publishing authoritative global road safety data and convening the Decade of Action. Provides research resources to the coalition; comparable as a producer and disseminator of road safety data for decision-makers.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/claiminourspace
• Facebookfacebook.com/claimingourspace
• Instagraminstagram.com/claiming.our.space
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/data-mobilize

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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