Student makes eco-friendly electric vehicle from scrap metal

Assembled from recycled scrap metal and powered by batteries, the pink four-wheeled vehicle now roams the streets of the capital.

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Self-thought innovator James Samba stands in front of an eco-friendly electric vehicle he made from scrap metals in Freetown on December 18, 2024. (AFP)

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FREETOWN - In his small Freetown workshop, engineering student James Samba tinkered with batteries and electrical parts he hoped could help clean up Sierra Leone's polluting public transport

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