Trials and triumphs: Kenyan motorcyclists' epic journey across Africa hits Botswana

The first and second phases saw the team visit Ethiopia, Eritrea, and Djibouti.

And now, after over two months on the road, the riders are finally in Botswana, a road distance of over 3,500 kilometers from Nairobi.

This phase of the journey saw the bikers kick it southwards of Kenya, cutting through Tanzania and Zimbabwe, before entering Botswana through the Ramokgwebana Border Post.

The journey has been nothing short of spectacular and challenging, but also quite grueling.

Citizen Digital has been documenting this historic trip around the Coastline of Africa, covering 40,000 km in 6 Months -- detailing minute-by-minute adventure and challenges the team endured on this journey.

The trip will climax in May 2025—the riders having reached and touched the four extreme points of Africa—the Northern, Southern, Eastern, and Western—on motorbikes.

Meanwhile in Botswana, the team faced a few mechanical challenges, and it wasn’t nice.

The bikers had to deal with flat tires with one of the bikes—not to mention having to use a tiny hand pump to manually fill in the bikes—a near impossible job.

A team of escorts from Botswana tagged along, helping the Kenyan team navigate through the traffic as they announced their much-awaited arrival. 

At some point the team had to seek assistance from a local van driver—a Good Samaritan—to transport one of the bikes to the nearest town of Palapye. 

Loading the giant bike into the van was not a cakewalk—to a point the broken-down bike had to be made lighter—to'stripped'—to '' load it into the van.

The plan was to get a new tire with the assistance of the Kenyan embassy.

The other option was to move the bike to Gaborone, some 200 kilometers away.

This is a journey of trials and triumphs.

“The trip aims to raise funds for the establishment of the LOGOS Educational Endowment Fund to support 500 Students who are currently on scholarship with the LOGOS Scholarship Fund in different High Schools in Kenya,” says Pastor Nick Korir of Nairobi Chapel – which established the Fund in 2008.

The fund is meant to provide high school and tertiary education for the needy and deserving students.

The Fund has sponsored over 500 students in various high schools, universities, and colleges in 40 counties in Kenya.

This is a scholarship for deserving students whose parents or guardians have limited financial resources and is part of Nairobi Chapel’s engagement in social justice.