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How to Make Transportation Quieter, Cleaner and Cheaper | Doreen Orishaba | TED

When Doreen Orishaba helped build Africa’s first electric car in 2011, skeptics dismissed it as a “toy for the Western world.” Now she’s running dozens of electric buses across Kenya and Rwanda, moving thousands of passengers to work every day on zero-exhaust vehicles powered by near-silent engines. She breaks down what it actually takes to…

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When Doreen Orishaba helped build Africa’s first electric car in 2011, skeptics dismissed it as a “toy for the Western world.” Now she’s running dozens of electric buses across Kenya and Rwanda, moving thousands of passengers to work every day on zero-exhaust vehicles powered by near-silent engines. She breaks down what it actually takes to scale clean transport — and why skipping the gas station pit stop is closer than you may think. (Recorded at TED Countdown Summit 2025 on June 18, 2025)

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  1. @Kibingwa

    May 4, 2026 at 11:09 am

    very Informative

  2. @alexisdespland4939

    May 4, 2026 at 11:15 am

    dose qutier transit mean more people run over by buses that they didn’t hear coming and might not even expect there if they are being rerouted for some reason. i am all for electrtic transit.

  3. @hippocreation

    May 4, 2026 at 11:21 am

    Made in Africa powered by China.😂

  4. @Bughotwheels

    May 4, 2026 at 11:56 am

    Awesome congrats

  5. @antonhartlieb5331

    May 4, 2026 at 1:23 pm

    I hope more countries will join with using cleaner busses

  6. @okiedatadude

    May 4, 2026 at 1:25 pm

    Why did the electric car die a hundred years ago?……why did GM kill it decades ago?

  7. @KDMtry

    May 4, 2026 at 1:56 pm

    Ur speech would b even better if u stop saying, “if im being honest…” because what r u being all the other moments u don’t say that? Lying, dishonest? I don’t think so, but every time u start with offering that ur being honest, the unintended occurrence is that everything else u say without that preface is dishonest.

  8. @goddevil1795

    May 4, 2026 at 2:26 pm

  9. @cooldud11122

    May 4, 2026 at 2:45 pm

    EV’s cause more pollution and has a higher environmental impact than ICE vehicles. Internal Combustion Engine fyi

  10. @urbanstrencan

    May 4, 2026 at 3:44 pm

    Really great to see this kind of investment in Africa, great talk and hope to see sustainable transportation spread across the continent, making it less dependable on BIG oil

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The Nurse Who Can Smell Parkinson’s | Joy Milne | TED

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