The Green Hub in Kisumu, Kenia is expected to get finished in November. To start-up the bicycle frame production and to train our local staff CooP-Africa is looking for a volunteer with experience in bicycle production. We hope to welcome a volunteer in Kisumu for 3 months (from November/December). The volunteer is offered lodging and […]
CONTINUE READINGEnd June 2014 CooP-Africa started working on the base for The Green Hub. The perimeter wall by that time was already completed with support from Liemers College Zevenaar. The Green Hub will be a centre in Kisumu, Kenya with many bicycle related activities with as central activity a bicycle factory where we will manufacture Kenyan […]
CONTINUE READINGCooP-Africa believes that capacitating bicycle mechanics enables them to improve their income. In Jinja District in Uganda 4 mechanics were trained to be bicycle mechanics. Most of them were already working as mechanic, but without proper training. Therefore, they were not able to fix more complex problems. Due to this training they can now increase […]
CONTINUE READING11 May is Mothers Day in the Netherlands. Give this Mothers Day a bicycle to an African mother! Go to the support page to support Bike4Work.
CONTINUE READINGA good way to earn an income on bicycles is as bicycle mechanic. In Iganga District in Uganda 8 mechanics were trained to be bicycle mechanics. Most of them were already working as mechanic, but without proper training. Therefore, they were not able to fix more complex problems. Due to this training they can now […]
CONTINUE READINGGive this Easter a Bike4Work entrepreneur a bicycle! Go to the support page to support Bike4Work.
CONTINUE READINGIn December / January, four students from Delft University of Technology (Miriam, Jibbe, Gerbera and Martijn) worked on an action plan for implementation of the Pedicab (called Pedi – Teksi) in Kisumu. Their task was to identify what actions the local staff must take from the moment the bicycle taxis arrive in Kisumu until they […]
CONTINUE READINGBicycle repair and fitting training in Nakapiripirit, Uganda. Youths are being trained to assemble and repair bicycles in a very rural and isolated region. A bicycle really makes a difference in this area but it is essential the bicycles keep on running. So that’s where they come in. For more information on this project, go […]
CONTINUE READINGAnother bicycle trailer from the bicycle workshop in Kisumu Kenya. Support the expansion of the workshop so we can produce more of these efficient, affordable and innovative means of transport. Support the development of the bicycle workshop in Kenya, under the Bike4Work projects.
CONTINUE READINGPedicabs lined up to go on transport to Kisumu and Jinja. In 2014 the first Pedi-Teksis will be riding in Kisumu, Kenya and Jinja, Uganda. For more information about this project read about the design phase of the pedicab as part of the African Bicycle Design, and the implementation phase of the pedicab, as part […]
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