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When Doreen Orishaba helped build Africa's first electric car in 2011, skeptics dismissed it as toys for the Western world. Now she's running dozens of

electric buses across Kenya and Rwanda, moving tens of thousands of passengers to work every day.

Buses are the lifeline in African cities moving over 60% of the population every single day.

She breaks down what it actually takes to scale clean transport in Africa without subsidies,

and why skipping the diesel detour is closer than most people think.

Africa has already proven that we are able to lead in the electric vehicle mobility.

We do not have to follow the path of fossil fuel

that we followed before.

We can actually lead this.

That's coming up right after a short break.

And now our TED Talk of the day.

When you sit in your car or any car, do you ever wonder how many parts that car is made of?

Do you also ever wonder, what does it really take to put all this together?

Anyone?

Now, let me get to it.

How many of you have ever built a car from scratch?

Oh, great, good to see you.

Absolutely.

And I'm also honored to say that I have an electric one at that. Growing up as a follower of four boys,

aren't me an early ticket to the fascinating world of speed and cars.

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