Tom Courtright is a transportation consultant based in Kenya who is often found in Uganda and Tanzania. He focuses on boda bodas (motorcycle-taxis) and e-mobility, and has worked with private companies, international funders, investors and research teams. 

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Tom is the Research Director at the Africa E-Mobility Alliance and has worked with the United Nations Environment Program, Power Africa, GIZ, the World Bank, and many others. He is currently doing a PhD at the University of Cape Town on boda bodas in Kampala. He also holds masters' degrees in environment & sustainability and in urban planning from the University of Michigan, and a bachelor's degree in international relations from Knox College.

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Previously, Tom worked in the solar industry for Aptech Africa in Uganda and Central African Republic, as well as co-authoring the trilingual TatavaSabeto Dictionary as a Peace Corps volunteer in Sabeto, Fiji. Tom grew up in Malawi, the United States and Tanzania.