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Post date: May 4, 2010 3:21:10 PM
Motor-rickshaws changing face of transport in Mali
Motor-rickshaws changing face of transport in Mali
The Rikshaw shop with spare parts on credit
The government sponsored Rickshaw costs
$2000, to pay back monthly. The Ricksaw
taxi entrepreneur can make $300 / month.
Transportation for 6 - 8 people.
source: blogs.reuters.com/africanews
Mali introduced Chinese-made motor rickshaws in 2006. They’ve been such a hit that most of Mali’s bigger cities are overrun with them and competition between drivers is pushing down prices. They’ve now been barred from the centre of the capital, Bamako, but in Mali’s third-largest city, Segou, the rickshaw-taxi is the main means of public transport.
For the people of Segou, 10 cents instead of 50c
the motor rickshaws
have revolutionised transport. Before, the only
options were taking a donkey cart or an ordinary
taxi, which can cost up to 50 cents per trip within
Segou. In a motor-rickshaw the same journey costs
10 cents.
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