Industry Developments

Kenyan car dealer Marshalls has secured a deal with South Korean carmaker Kia Motors, which it believes will help to turn around its fortunes after a difficult few years. Marshalls'... 2011-12-02

Toyota South Africa Motors (TSAM) has been considering ways to utilise its spare capacity and new incentives from the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) have enabled the company... 2011-12-01

According to statistics from Cameroon's Ministry of Public Works, only 10% of the country's 50,000 km of roads are tarred. This, coupled with the lower spending power relative to that... 2011-11-30

Japanese carmaker Toyota Motor is the latest company to invest in domestic assembly in Kenya, with a view to increasing its share of the high-growth truck market. This supports two... 2011-11-29

The City of Johannesburg's mayoral committee is studying the viability of buses being locally built for Phase 1B of the Rea Vaya bus rapid transit (BRT) project. Rather than this being... 2011-11-28

The depreciating Kenyan shilling has been a burden on the country's used car segment for much of 2011, with most recent data from the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics reporting a... 2011-11-25

German commercial vehicle producer MAN has rolled out its new TGS World Wide and TGM range of heavy-duty vehicles at the Big 5 International Building and Construction Show in Dubai,... 2011-11-24

After several seemingly unsuccessful attempts by the government to encourage sales of domestically built vehicles, the National Automotive Council (NAC) has taken matters into its own... 2011-11-23

US component supplier Delphi Automotive has plans to expand its production capacity for vehicle wiring harnesses in Morocco. Although an investment value has not been reported, the... 2011-11-21

New vehicle sales in Namibia reached record highs in October, as passenger car supplies continued to improve in the wake of the Japanese earthquake and tsunami, and business spending... 2011-11-17