Story highlights Ugandan Kiira Motors is launching Africa's first solar-powered bus

The company plans to introduce solar vehicles across Uganda's auto industry

Kiira wants to attract investors to mass produce the bus

(CNN) As a child, Ugandan Paul Isaac Musasizi always had busy hands. He regularly pulled apart the family television, and used motors from old cassette players to make toy cars.

Now, in his mid-thirties, he's the CEO of technology company Kiira Motors Corporation and the brains behind Africa's first solar-powered electric bus which makes its debut on February 16.

"In Uganda, we have non-stop sun," he says. "No other countries manufacturing vehicles are on the equator like Uganda. We should celebrate that, and make a business out of it."

The #KayoolaSolarBus has just arrived at Kampala Serena ahead of its launch on Tuesday. pic.twitter.com/1gWqzdnhdl — Kiira Motors (@KiiraMotors) February 14, 2016

The 35-seater bus, known as the "Kayoola", can travel up to 50 miles straight and is powered by two batteries. One is connected to solar panels on the roof, while the other is charged electrically for longer distances and journeys at night.

Musasizi says it takes just one hour to fully charge each battery, making the vehicle suitable for "all sorts of duties in the cities", such as school buses or longer-haul journeys across borders.

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