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
Arlax is a centralised B2B logistics marketplace with the aim to bridge the gap between suppliers and transporters...
Evan-Lee Courie 21 Jan 2019
The world, in general, is going through a fuel revolution...
Evan-Lee Courie 10 Dec 2018
Uri Levine, serial entrepreneur and co-founder of Waze, spoke about disrupting inefficient markets and improving under-functioning services by focusing on solving big problems, at a breakfast event hosted by BusinessLive...
Jessica Tennant 20 Nov 2018
RentMyRide is empowering locals by giving them the tools for a low-touch small business and creating competition for conventional car rental companies...
Evan-Lee Courie 13 Nov 2018
It has been a long journey; one that started slowly and then accelerated at an exponential pace as we moved from the first wheel 5,000 years ago...
Simon Carpenter 18 Oct 2018
The two countries with the lowest employment in the world, Germany and Japan, are also home to the world's most automated manufacturing industries in the world...
Danette Breitenbach 26 Jun 2018
Digital transformation is affecting and reshaping the entire automotive business model - from design and production to distribution and retail. We find out more from Lee Naik, CEO of TransUnion...
Ilse van den Berg 1 Jun 2018
Mercedes-Benz and Net#work BBDO today released the S-Class content piece that returns to the famous Chapman's Peak accident that Christopher White survived 30 years ago...
Jessica Tennant 30 May 2018
Manufacturing Indaba 2018 promises to be bigger and more innovative than ever before, providing the broader manufacturing industry with a roadmap and the connections to unlock their growth potential and deliver accelerated GDP growth...
Lauren Hartzenberg 28 May 2018
The African continent is the last frontier for the global car sales industry. According to the 2015 International Organisation of Motor Vehicle Manufacturers' report Vehicles in Use, an estimated 44.8 million cars were in use across the continent that year...
Michael Zahariev 8 May 2018
Rwanda-based ride hailing startup SafeMotos is marking International Women's Day by adding the first three female moto-drivers to its network...
Tom Jackson 8 Mar 2018
When you think 'IoT', is your first thought newly affordable, available sensors being added to products after they've been manufactured? If it is, well I believe 2018 will change that...
Antony Bourne 5 Feb 2018
Us humans have a heuristic bias to sell our winners and hold onto our losers. That's not the way to build wealth. Better to hang onto your winners and cut your losers loose...
Alan Knott-Craig 18 Oct 2017
With Gartner predicting that 64 million connected cars will be shipped globally in 2020, the question remains as to what the potentials of autonomous vehicles are...
Sven Hammar 9 Oct 2017
As the “fourth industrial revolution”, championed by the World Economic Forum's Klaus Schwab, gains momentum, it's thrilling to anticipate what this means for the automotive industry - and as a result, cities of the future...
Trevor Hill 11 Sep 2017
Uber recently launched a campaign called ‘Ditch Your Keys' to encourage car owners to switch to Uber and use their time spent travelling more efficiently...
Jessica Tennant 26 Jul 2017
I remember finding the Elantra a little bland. They were good, solid cars - but entertaining to drive? Hardly...
Ané Theron 13 Jun 2017
In light of the recent study, Game-changing Automotive Policy Developments in Africa, we chat to Ryan Bax, senior industry analyst for mobility and automotive at Frost & Sullivan, to find out more about the fast-growing, untapped African car market...
Ilse van den Berg 11 May 2017
Almost four years after Nissan ventured into auto assembly in Nigeria, it fills me with pride when I comment on our success as an auto company operating in Africa...
Mike Whitfield 20 Apr 2017
NEWSWATCH: Last week saw Elon Musk's clean transportation and power company, Tesla, reach $298.56 in Nasdaq trading (a 7.3% increase)...
Ilse van den Berg 4 Apr 2017
We know that efficient public transport remains a bugbear in many Africa countries...
Lauren Hartzenberg 27 May 2016
Kiira Motors Corporation is a presidential initiative for automotive manufacturing in Uganda. The company has three successful...
Lauren Hartzenberg 25 May 2016
While August and year-to-date local sales of new vehicles continued their negative trend, exports picked up speed to record a gain 18.5% compared to the same month last year.
Henrie Geyser 9 Sep 2014
Independent petrol retailers are making impressive gains across Africa, presenting a challenge to franchise operators for oil giants that have monopolised the continent's markets for decades.
John Harvey 14 Jul 2014
From Amoeba to Icon; where do you currently rank in your industry's natural progression? In this piece, I walk you through the seven stages of development as you strive to position yourself as an industry expert. [video]
Douglas Kruger 13 Apr 2013
Here are some resolutions for 2013 for you that you, as an employer, may well find useful. Get them right now - and avoid any unpleasant surprises during the year.
Johan Botes 31 Dec 2012
One of Malawi's motor vehicle franchise dealers, CFAO Malawi last week started marketing the all-new Nissan Navara pick-up, which is expected to pile pressure on other pick-up vehicle dealers.
Gregory Gondwe 6 Aug 2008
