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Lusaka West, Zambia

Zambikes is a social business that manufactures, assembles and distributes high quality bicycles, bicycle ambulances and cargo bicycle trailers to the underprivileged, empowering individuals to fight the mindset of poverty and address the economic and social needs of Zambia.

My name is Antone Bwalya and I am the Production Coordinator at Zambikes. I have been working for Zambikes for about three years. I have learned carpentry, steel fabrication, bicycle mechanics and many other things in my time here. I now manage the farm and have to make sure things are done on time, materials are at the shop when they need to be, everyone is doing what they should be doing safely, and I am also in charge of quality control.

The Zambikes (bicycles) are distributed to medical workers, pastors, teachers and developing entrepreneurs allowing each recipient to travel three times as fast than by foot. The Zambulances (bicycle ambulances) address the transport bottleneck by allowing patients to be ferried to health facilities in a faster and more comfortable way. The Zamcart (cargo bicycle trailer) allows the individual using it to carry up to three times more load (due to increased capacity of up to 300kg).

This not only increases efficiency but also earning power. The Zambikes bamboo bicycle frames are designed for the global market. Bamboo bikes are custom handcrafted by skilled Zambians, using locally grown and sustainably sourced materials. Each bamboo frame undergoes cutting, curing, drying, gluing, wrapping, sanding, and painting. The process to build a frame takes over 2 months.

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