The partnership aims to boost regional automotive value chains and financing for the automotive industry while supporting the development of enabling policies, technical assistance, and capacity building initiatives...
Until the 2000s, Sub-Saharan Africa was de-industrialising: the mood was gloomy as the little manufacturing activity that did exist was disappearing. But the trend has reversed...
Gaaitzen de Vries, Emmanuel B Mensah, Hagen Kruse and Kunal Sen 3 days ago
The German Association of the Automotive Industry (VDA) recently partnered with the African Association of Automotive Manufacturers (AAAM) as part of the PartnerAfrica project of the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ)...
Plentywaka, a bus-hailing app in Nigeria, has announced the latest move of its ambitious plan to revolutionise Nigerian travel with the new, home-grown partnership with Innoson Vehicle Manufacturing (IVM)...
Volkswagen Ghana and BlackIvy Ghana are working together towards sustainable mobility, green growth and more affordable cars and homes in Ghana...
The Isuzu D-Max remains a firm favourite in Zimbabwe, according to a recent poll in which Zimbabweans voted online for their favourite vehicle...
BellTowers winning design addresses challenges often found in developing countries by using smart open-source planning to design 'affordable communities' with sustainable clean water resources...
South Africa's well positioned to adopt electric vehicles but this isn't a solution in itself because the vehicles would still depend on electricity generated from carbon-emitting coal power stations...
MJ (Thinus) Booysen and Mark Apperley 10 Jul 2020
Severe shortages of critical medical supplies have prompted governments to compel private companies to fill the gap...
Elham Mafi-Kreft and Steven Kreft 26 May 2020
Ford Motor Company, in collaboration with GE Healthcare, will begin producing third-party ventilators to help coronavirus patients...
Africa Oil & Power (AOP) is making its website and social platforms available to help share news and information from all organisations involved in the African energy sector...
Hyundai Motor Company has announced the appointment of Bang Sun Jeong as its new vice president of the Middle East and Africa region...
In 2020, many of the world's most influential business executives and policymakers are aware of blockchain's potential to turn the global economy around...
Ilija Acimovic 4 Mar 2020
The changes come as Ford is moving with urgency to fully integrate and accelerate its transformation into a higher-growth, higher-margin business by leveraging smart, connected vehicles and services...
"The most wasted resources, from a vehicle capacity standpoint, are the empty seats in moving cars. The idea behind Afri Ride is to make use of existing resources by offering the unoccupied seats in your car, or offering your car for rental."
Our power plants may be dirty now. But unlike combustion vehicles, electric cars give us the chance to finally free ourselves from high-carbon travel...
Ranald Boydell 3 Dec 2019
Shell's loyalty partnership with Clicks came to an abrupt end this November, just before the health and beauty retailer announced that it has entered into an agreement with Engen instead...
Don't expect to see self-driving vehicles on the roads anytime soon, especially not in the developing world...
These are the highlights of Bas Verkaik's presentation at the SingularityU South Africa 2019 Summit...
Planes, trains and automobiles produced a step-change in the speed of travel - driverless and electric cars simply cannot deliver such radical improvements...
David Metz 18 Oct 2019
The Smarter Mobility Summit Africa showcased inspiring levels of commitment and innovation, but it also shed some light on the obstacles holding back a truly smarter, sustainable mobility ecosystem in SA...
If you are not digital it will be very difficult to be competitive in industry, or in the buildings you produce. Because what you are building is here for the next 50 years, and it has to be green, smart and automated...
Taru Madangombe 3 Sep 2019
Namibians, people unlike any other. You can always tell a Namibian apart by our bold and free-spirited characters that never cease to amaze...
Henok Sivambi 5 Aug 2019
"Netflix and drive" might become a thing now that Elon Musk revealed upcoming support for the streaming service and YouTube on his Tesla vehicles...
Shereesa Moodley 31 Jul 2019
Kaspersky researchers analysed aftermarket connected car devices, designed to make vehicles smarter, and has proven to be more secure than other IoT accessories...
With neverending technological innovation, what will retail look like in the next 20 to 30 years?
Maroefah Smith 2 Jul 2019
Gokada, the Lagos-based on-demand motorcycle taxi app, has secured a Series A fund raise of $5.3m...
According to Andrew Howard, head of sustainable research at Schroders, a sharp rise in electric car sales and an increase in public concern towards climate change have helped in further slowing the pace of global warming...
MiX Telematics announced that it will provide Lalgy Transports, a company that operates throughout the Mozambique territory and surrounding countries, with a comprehensive telematics solution...
A lot happens in a year, and as our population and their access to the world and each other grows, our collective innovation and productivity will continue to grow exponentially, making each passing year increasingly dense with 'trends' and 'disruptions'...
Yatish Narsi 22 Jan 2019
