Lots of farmers and entrepreneurs from Kisumu, Kenya sell their product face to face. They sell them at people’s houses or at the market which can be up to 10 kilometers away. Selling their products involves a lot of travelling. Nowadays people do this traveling by foot or with normal bicycles that are not designed to carry such weight. Because they are limited to this transport method, it creates
an obstacle for the user to grow individually in their own business. For this project we are helping CooP Kenya, bike4work. The goal of this project is to find a more practical and easier transport product for the Kenyan entrepreneurs and businesses. In order to do that we are designing a cargo bike made for carrying their products. This cargobike needs to be able to be sold at a low cost and made with the materials and parts that are locally available. Apart from designing and building the bike, we are also building a business around it to be able to implement the bike into society and have a positive effect on the local economy and people.
