Enhancing availability of locally produced wheelchairs in the common market for eastern and southern African countries

Enhancing availability of locally produced wheelchairs in the common market for eastern and southern African countries

Category: Enhancing availability of locally produced wheelchairs in the common market for eastern and southern African countries Publication Year: 2025
Enhancing availability of locally produced wheelchairs in the common market for eastern and southern African countries

To manufacture and assemble appropriate wheelchairs in Kenya (Made AT Kenya) for the common market for eastern and southern African countries (Democratic Republic of Congo, Egypt, Ethiopia, Rwanda, Zimbabwe) and Tanzania. 

 

The project will test and publish lessons on the technical and economic viability and sustainability of a national production model.

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