They make record time in a fleet of small cars, ambu-cycles, ambu-tractors and ambu-boats -- all equipped with heart defibrillators, breathing tubes, burn wraps and maternity kits.

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To do business, to sell palm oil or flowers or coffee, African small firms need money to buy seeds, fertilizer, tractors and trucks.

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