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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@Kibingwa
May 4, 2026 at 11:09 am
very Informative
@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.
@hippocreation
May 4, 2026 at 11:21 am
Made in Africa powered by China.😂
@Bughotwheels
May 4, 2026 at 11:56 am
Awesome congrats
@antonhartlieb5331
May 4, 2026 at 1:23 pm
I hope more countries will join with using cleaner busses
@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?
@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.
@goddevil1795
May 4, 2026 at 2:26 pm
❤
@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
@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