Automotive

South Africa’s new vehicle sales grew 4.1% in July with a total of 46 719 units sold, reports the National Association of Automobile Manufacturers of South Africa (Naamsa). Naamsa reports …

Good news for SA! Car sales rise, ‘massive’ increase in exports Read More

Before the end of next year, Morocco officials hope to announce the name of a third global automaker to build an assembly plant there. The unnamed manufacturer would launch production …

Morocco puts automotive on North Africa’s map Read More

The Chinese built 756 km electrified rail project connecting landlocked Ethiopia to Djibouti will start commercial operations in October, said the Ethiopian transportation minister on Thursday. Speaking to Xinhua, Ahmed …

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Nigerian auto manufacturing company, Innoson Motors, has concluded plans to begin the export of made-in-Nigeria cars to Mali. The Charge‘d Affair of Nigera in Mali, Yara Abdulsalam, confirmed the development …

Car export to Mali is signal of industrial revolution – Onyeama Read More

Abdulsalam made the announcement on Friday in Abuja when he led a delegation of businessmen from Mali to visit the Foreign Affairs Minister, Geoffrey Onyeama. He said that during the …

Nigeria to export 400 locally made vehicles to Mali Read More

Nigeria’s indigenous auto manufacturer, Innoson Motors, is set to export 400 of its made in Nigeria vehicles to Mali, following the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the …

Innoson Motors Plans Car Export to Mali Read More

Pune-based Bajaj Auto is spreading its international presence evenly and reducing dependence on traditional high-volume countries such as Sri Lanka and Nigeria. Earlier it used to sell about 8,000 commercial …

Bajaj Auto grows in newer markets Read More

Russia’s Ulyanovsk Automobile Plant (UAZ), which specializes in off-road vehicles designed to survive tough conditions, is looking to Soviet-era export markets in Latin America and Africa to help offset slow …

Russian SUV maker UAZ looks to Africa, Latin America for exports Read More

China’s increasingly large footprint in Africa has generated both optimism and fear. The debate over whether China will improve African economies through sustainable infrastructure or undercut local markets through export-focused …

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The production of the millionth car by the Tangier Renault plant marks the success of a unique public-private partnership putting Morocco on the map of the global automotive industry, said …

Renault Tangier Factory, Successful Public-Private Partnership- Minister Read More