00:22Red soil, Kigali hills, wind, not just land.
00:30Future. If e-bikes are assembled here, not imported, cost drops 30% and jobs stay. Elvis, here, near road,
00:39near power, near youth. Factory not big, 500 SQM, solar roof, assembly line for 10 bikes a day. Rwandan official,
00:49why Kigali, not Kampala. Namada, because Rwanda, Umaganda, fast certificate, hills to test bikes.
00:57If bike climbs Kigali hill, it climbs everywhere. And EAC 0% tax starts here. Lina, and Kigali has tech
01:06talent.
01:08We saw 40 ambassadors who can become assemblers.
01:12Village mother, soil is red like my Gomisi. Good soil makes good factory.
01:18Blueprint not from China.
01:20Blueprint drawn here, solar roof, assembly line, training corner, community radio booth inside factory.
01:28Rwandan architect, design, steel frame, open walls for wind, solar roof 20 kilowatts, factory powers itself and charges e-bikes.
01:37Namada, and assembly line, 10 stations, frame, wheel, motor, battery, brake, test.
01:45Elvis, and training corner.
01:47Where youth learn, then become workers.
01:51Lina, and cost?
01:53Architect, $80,000 to build.
01:56But saves $300 per bike import.
02:00300 bikes, factory paid.
02:03Village mother, and where will chickens stay?
02:06Factory needs chickens for luck.
02:08Golden shovels.
02:10Not for gold.
02:12For soil.
02:14Ministers, youth workers, village mother, and Gomisi holding shovel too.
02:19Banner, Kigali e-bike assembly factory.
02:23Minister, today we break ground not for building, but for making.
02:27Made in Rwanda e-bikes.
02:29Elvis, from importing to making.
02:33Namada, from buying to building.
02:36Lina, from 300 villages to 500 villages.
02:40Village mother, I break ground for my great-grandchildren.
02:43Who will ride bike, I cannot ride.
02:45All, shovels in, factory.
02:48Steel frame rising.
02:50Workers in orange overalls welding, scaffolding.
02:54Kigali hills behind.
02:56No longer blueprint, bones of factory.
03:00Elvis, how many days?
03:02Foreman, 30 days frame, 15 days roof, 10 days solar.
03:0755 days total.
03:09Namada, and youth workers.
03:12They learn welding now, not just assembling later.
03:16Lina, safety, helmets, gloves.
03:19We want factory that protects.
03:22Delage mother, may wind not take roof.
03:25May sun get power.
03:28Containers open.
03:29Not whole bikes.
03:31Kits, frames, wheels, motors, batteries, like Lego for adults.
03:37Forklift.
03:38First time parts arrive as parts, not products.
03:42Elvis, frames from Tanzania, aluminum.
03:46Wheels from Kenya.
03:48Batteries from Rwanda, new lithium plant.
03:51Namada, so EAC bike, not Chinese bike.
03:55East African bike.
03:57Lina, cost per kit, $600, not $900 whole bike.
04:03Save $300.
04:05That $300 is 10 weeks repayment less for women's Chama.
04:10Rwandan worker, we unload 100 kits today.
04:14100 bikes.
04:15Village mother, my basket was woven piece by piece.
04:20Now bike also piece by piece.
04:23Factory interior training area.
04:25E-bike frame on stand.
04:28Youth and overalls learning, not reading manual, doing.
04:32Elvis and Namada hands on.
04:34Elvis, step 1, frame.
04:37Check weld.
04:39No crack.
04:41Step 2, motor and rear wheel.
04:42Tight, not too tight.
04:46Feel?
04:47Youth trainee, like this?
04:50Namada, yes.
04:52Now battery, connect red to red, black to black.
04:55If wrong, spark.
04:58So careful.
05:00Lina, and checklist, every bike, 20 checks.
05:04We sign.
05:05Quality is our name.
05:07Village mother, you teach fast.
05:10My husband took one year to teach me to ride bicycle.
05:14You teach bike building in one week.
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05:42Digitally present.
05:44Digitally present.
05:45Factory floor.
05:46First complete matte black cargo e-bike.
05:48Small made in Rwanda sticker.
05:51Teen cheering.
05:53Not imported.
05:55Made.
05:56By Rwandan youth hands.
05:58All crew, first bike.
06:01Elvis, who wants to ride first?
06:04Dilage mother, me.
06:06No, I will fall.
06:08You ride.
06:10Namida, I ride.
06:12Ride small circle in factory.
06:14It moves.
06:15Smooth.
06:17Made in Kigali moves.
06:19Lina, and cost, $600, not $900.
06:24Saving goes to Chama.
06:26Rwandan worker, next, nine more today.
06:30Then 10 tomorrow, cheering.
06:32Test track, steep Kigali hill, loaded with sacks.
06:36Youth riding, clipboard team watching.
06:40If bike passes hill test, passes East Africa.
06:44Elvis, load, 80 kilos potatoes.
06:47Hill, 15% grade.
06:50Battery, full.
06:52Go.
06:53Youth tester, climbing.
06:56Battery at 80%.
06:58Motor hot but okay.
07:01Namida, brake test next.
07:03Downhill, must stop in 5 meters.
07:06Lina, and dust test.
07:08Kigali dust, dust filter clog.
07:11Dilage mother, if goat can climb, bike can climb.
07:15Goat has no battery.
07:17Assembly line, bright interior.
07:19Solar panels visible on roof.
07:2210 e-bikes in line, workers in overalls and hard hats, each station working.
07:27From 1 bike to 10 bikes a day.
07:30Namida, day 1, 1 bike.
07:33Day 7, 5 bikes.
07:35Day 30, 10 bikes a day.
07:38300 bikes a month.
07:40Elvis, 300 bikes a month equals 30 villages a month.
07:44500 villages, 17 months.
07:48Lina, and jobs, 20 assemblers, 5 testers, 3 trainers, 28 jobs.
07:55Plus Chama managers.
07:57Village mother, factory has sun on roof.
08:00Factory makes sun work.
08:03Grand opening golden hour, Kigali Hills.
08:07Ribbon, ministers from Uganda, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania.
08:11Banner, Kigali Assembly Factory, East Africa, 500 villages vision.
08:1720 e-bikes lined, 300 people cheering.
08:21From red soil to ribbon.
08:23Rwandan minister, today we open not factory, but future.
08:28Made in Rwanda e-bikes for East Africa.
08:310% tax, 7 day certificate, 28 jobs, 300 villages.
08:38Elvis, 141 we selected site.
08:41150 we opened site.
08:4455 days construction.
08:47First 100 bikes already made.
08:49Namida, and cost down $300.
08:53That is 10 weeks less repayment for women's Chama.
08:56That is 10 weeks more food.
08:59Lina, and model, assembly in Kigali, training in Kampala, Chama in Nairobi,
09:05Umiganda in Rwanda, East African model.
09:08Village mother.
09:10I touched soil in 141.
09:13Now I cut ribbon in 150.
09:16From soil to solar.
09:18From basket to factory.
09:20My chicken now has light and bike.
09:23All 300, made in Rwanda.
09:25500 villages.
09:28Cheering, e-bike bells, solar lights blinking, Kigali Hills golden.
09:33Let us see.
09:33When mergers con enjoy.
09:37And we see.
09:51There we go.
09:55Father will be.
09:55Let us see.
09:56First of all, listen.
09:56But let us see.
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