Pollution revolution: can electric motorbikes help clean up Benin's air?

Polluted air is the second biggest killer in Africa; for moto-taxi drivers the risk from exhaust fumes is high. New bikes could be part of the solution - if they can be made affordableThe streets of Cotonou, Benin's largest city, have been Domingo Soule's workplace for 35 years. The 50-year-old motorcycle taxi driver spends his days driving for miles on roads shrouded in exhaust fumes, picking up customers and taking them to where they want to go.He is one of more than 250,000 moto-taxi drivers in the west African country, where most people use two-wheelers to get around. But Soule has developed a cough from breathing in air pollution, he believes, and at the end of each day his eyes hurt. Continue reading...