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[00:00.17] Aboard this custom adult-sized tricycle called the Hamba, village healthcare worker Pamhidzi Mutunya delivers medical care that may very well save lives.

[00:11.06] The Hamba made it easier to take patients to and from the hospital.

[00:15.32] Now fewer women give birth at home due to lack of transportation like it used to be.

[00:21.69] Mutunya drives an average of four people per day to a health clinic while also picking up medicine for others.

[00:27.27] She started using a Hamba last year and says women pay about fifteen dollars a month as a group to lease the ride.

[00:34.17] Hamba pilot coordinator Fadzai Mavhuna: Women in the rural areas carry the burden of carrying firewood, going to fetch water to drink and carrying school kids to school.

[00:46.13] So as Mobility for Africa, we saw that we need to lessen the burden on women.

[00:51.71] Transportation start-up Mobility for Africa runs the business side of the Hamba. Drivers say the service change their lives.

[01:00.74] We used to carry firewood on our heads for two kilometres. Now it's much easier as this tricycle has taken away the burden.

[01:09.50] Reusable batteries charged by the sun power the Hamba and fuel it for one dollar or less. It has a cruising range of about a hundred kilometers.

[01:18.27] The project is targeted to rural women, so we have noticed that it's not everyone who can afford to buy it.

[01:25.97] So we are going to sell it to those who can afford to buy it. But at the same time, we will continually see.

[01:32.08] Mobility for Africa is now in the second phase of its pilot project.

[01:36.33] The next step is going commercial where the Hamba will sell for 1,500 dollars.