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    3 months ago

    The bikes are sold under an affordable payment plan of around $23 per month for 18-24 months. They cost around $13.5 per month in electricity to charge, a huge drop from the $250 in gasoline that comparative petrol-powered delivery bikes cost.

    Now that’s a real cost saving right there! Wow.

    But I think it’s going a bit far to say she’ll revolutionize transportation for all of Africa. They are present, from what the article seems to imply, in a single city in Ghana and only just expanding.

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      But I think it’s going a bit far to say she’ll revolutionize transportation for all of Africa.

      Maybe going a bit far to say she will do it, but they’re right that what she’s doing will do it. That is, of course, because e-bikes will revolutionize transportation on all the continents (except Antarctica) and there’s no reason for Africa to be an exception to that.

      Shame about the “plan to launch a four-wheeled vehicle” part, though – that’s just trying to repeat North America’s mistakes.