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Samwel Kimani

Founder and Director of Tumaini Innovation Center in Eldoret, Kenya, a vocational training and social enterprise for street youth that builds electric three-wheelers using Chinese EV components.

Oct 8, 2026

The Africa EV Show

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Njenga Hakeenah
Njenga HakeenahHOST
0:43
And you started as a CBO.
Samwel KimaniGUEST
0:46
So a CBO basically is an institution that responds to community needs.
Samwel KimaniGUEST
0:51
So then it becomes a community-based organization.
Samwel KimaniGUEST
0:55
It is a non-profit.
Samwel KimaniGUEST
0:56
And so basically it works towards identifying a need and solving that need without making any profit.
Samwel KimaniGUEST
1:04
And we set it up to support Street U.
Samwel KimaniGUEST
1:08
And in the process of supporting them, they requested for vocational training skills as a way of getting jobs and employment because they are young people, meaning they are above 18, 16 and above.
Njenga Hakeenah
Njenga HakeenahHOST
2:41
electrifying mobility and he is in logistics he said diesel breaking down a lot of maintenance needed and then it's costly it's

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