I just watched this TED talk by Joel Jackson about his company Mobius. The concept is simple and brilliant: design a vehicle specifically for the rough roads in Africa, leave out all non-essentials to keep costs low, and build it locally (in Kenya) to avoid import duties. There's also an important side benefit of investing in the local community and creating jobs.
The web site says the base model starts at KES 1.3 million (~$13,000 USD). The second version—which incorporates customer feedback from the original that was launched in 2015—comes out later this year (2018).
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