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Kenyan carmaker Mobius accepts bid from undisclosed buyer

Kenyan carmaker Mobius accepts bid from undisclosed buyer

#BizTrends2025 Sponsors announced and categories still open for Curating the Future

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Bizcommunity sends a clear message that Africa is open for business

Bizcommunity sends a clear message that Africa is open for business

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Bizcommunity launches BIZ | Daily top story headlines

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Africa rising as Bizcommunity launches .Africa domain

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Brand Finance releases report for the world's most valuable brands in 2019

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Uber partners with Jumo

Uber partners with Jumo

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Visa and Vivo Energy partner to enhance digital payments

Visa and Vivo Energy partner to enhance digital payments

28 Nov 2018

#AfricaMonth: How Africa's auto industry is faring on the digitisation front

#AfricaMonth: How Africa's auto industry is faring on the digitisation front

Ilse van den Berg 1 Jun 2018

Why Tanzania asked a Kenyan firm to build BRT buses

Why Tanzania asked a Kenyan firm to build BRT buses

James Kariuki 30 May 2018

#MFGIndaba: Africa's opportunity to unlock industrial growth potential

#MFGIndaba: Africa's opportunity to unlock industrial growth potential

Lauren Hartzenberg 28 May 2018

Michael Zahariev

#AfricaMonth: Tech in the African automotive market

Michael Zahariev 8 May 2018

Game-changing trends for the manufacturing industry in 2018

Game-changing trends for the manufacturing industry in 2018

Antony Bourne 5 Feb 2018

Volkswagen SA offers ride-hailing and more with pioneer Kigali plant

Volkswagen SA offers ride-hailing and more with pioneer Kigali plant

22 Jan 2018

Uber's productive four years of economic transformation

Uber's productive four years of economic transformation

Emma Okonji 13 Oct 2017

California to allow autonomous cars without driver

California to allow autonomous cars without driver

13 Oct 2017

Photo by Gleb Kozenko on Unsplash

Motorists switch to digital driving licences in October

James Kariuki 6 Oct 2017

Africa's app-based taxis battle Uber over market share

Africa's app-based taxis battle Uber over market share

25 Aug 2017

Autonomous vehicles to reshape the global economy

Autonomous vehicles to reshape the global economy

1 Aug 2017

Digitalisation pushing boundaries of manufacturing

Digitalisation pushing boundaries of manufacturing

Dereshin Pillay 27 Jul 2017

Uber jacks up security in Nigeria, Ghana, Kenya

Uber jacks up security in Nigeria, Ghana, Kenya

26 Jul 2017

Commercial vehicle market competition on the rise in Africa

Commercial vehicle market competition on the rise in Africa

12 Jul 2017

Africa increases high-value production, global trends identify industrial growth

Africa increases high-value production, global trends identify industrial growth

16 May 2017

#AfricaMonth: The fast-growing, untapped African car market

Ilse van den Berg 11 May 2017

Two very different responses to Uber - Kenya and South Africa

Two very different responses to Uber - Kenya and South Africa

Thando Vilakazi and Shingie Chisoro Dube 27 Mar 2017

First locally produced Polo Vivo rolls off production line in Kenya

First locally produced Polo Vivo rolls off production line in Kenya

22 Dec 2016

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Kenya's Mondo Ride launches motorcycle service

Doreen Wainainah 5 Dec 2016

Africa wants to place itself on the automotive roadmap

Africa wants to place itself on the automotive roadmap

Ryan Bax 1 Dec 2016

Dieu-Donné Gameli via - Motor taxi concept. Picture taken on the route from Larabanga to Mole National Park.

Motorcycles set to become main mode of transport in Africa

Njiraini Muchira 27 Sep 2016

Thomas Schaefer, chairman and MD of Volkswagen South Africa and H.E. Uhuru Kenyatta, president of Kenya addressing media at the State House in Nairobi after the signing of an agreement to start the production of the Volkswagen Polo Vivo in Thika near Nairobi, Kenya.

Volkswagen plans vehicle production in Kenya

8 Sep 2016

SA still best bet for car makers

SA still best bet for car makers

David Furlonger 17 Aug 2016

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Bizcommunity launches BIZ | Daily top story headlines

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Africa rising as Bizcommunity launches .Africa domain

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Brand Finance releases report for the world's most valuable brands in 2019

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Uber partners with Jumo

Uber partners with Jumo

10 Dec 2018

Visa and Vivo Energy partner to enhance digital payments

Visa and Vivo Energy partner to enhance digital payments

28 Nov 2018

#AfricaMonth: How Africa's auto industry is faring on the digitisation front

#AfricaMonth: How Africa's auto industry is faring on the digitisation front

Ilse van den Berg 1 Jun 2018

Why Tanzania asked a Kenyan firm to build BRT buses

Why Tanzania asked a Kenyan firm to build BRT buses

James Kariuki 30 May 2018

#MFGIndaba: Africa's opportunity to unlock industrial growth potential

#MFGIndaba: Africa's opportunity to unlock industrial growth potential

Lauren Hartzenberg 28 May 2018

Michael Zahariev

#AfricaMonth: Tech in the African automotive market

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Game-changing trends for the manufacturing industry in 2018

Game-changing trends for the manufacturing industry in 2018

Antony Bourne 5 Feb 2018

Volkswagen SA offers ride-hailing and more with pioneer Kigali plant

Volkswagen SA offers ride-hailing and more with pioneer Kigali plant

22 Jan 2018

Uber's productive four years of economic transformation

Uber's productive four years of economic transformation

Emma Okonji 13 Oct 2017

California to allow autonomous cars without driver

California to allow autonomous cars without driver

13 Oct 2017

Photo by Gleb Kozenko on Unsplash

Motorists switch to digital driving licences in October

James Kariuki 6 Oct 2017

Africa's app-based taxis battle Uber over market share

Africa's app-based taxis battle Uber over market share

25 Aug 2017

Autonomous vehicles to reshape the global economy

Autonomous vehicles to reshape the global economy

1 Aug 2017

Digitalisation pushing boundaries of manufacturing

Digitalisation pushing boundaries of manufacturing

Dereshin Pillay 27 Jul 2017

Uber jacks up security in Nigeria, Ghana, Kenya

Uber jacks up security in Nigeria, Ghana, Kenya

26 Jul 2017

Commercial vehicle market competition on the rise in Africa

Commercial vehicle market competition on the rise in Africa

12 Jul 2017

Africa increases high-value production, global trends identify industrial growth

Africa increases high-value production, global trends identify industrial growth

16 May 2017

#AfricaMonth: The fast-growing, untapped African car market

Ilse van den Berg 11 May 2017

Two very different responses to Uber - Kenya and South Africa

Two very different responses to Uber - Kenya and South Africa

Thando Vilakazi and Shingie Chisoro Dube 27 Mar 2017

First locally produced Polo Vivo rolls off production line in Kenya

First locally produced Polo Vivo rolls off production line in Kenya

22 Dec 2016

Image via on Twitter

Kenya's Mondo Ride launches motorcycle service

Doreen Wainainah 5 Dec 2016

Africa wants to place itself on the automotive roadmap

Africa wants to place itself on the automotive roadmap

Ryan Bax 1 Dec 2016

Dieu-Donné Gameli via - Motor taxi concept. Picture taken on the route from Larabanga to Mole National Park.

Motorcycles set to become main mode of transport in Africa

Njiraini Muchira 27 Sep 2016

Thomas Schaefer, chairman and MD of Volkswagen South Africa and H.E. Uhuru Kenyatta, president of Kenya addressing media at the State House in Nairobi after the signing of an agreement to start the production of the Volkswagen Polo Vivo in Thika near Nairobi, Kenya.

Volkswagen plans vehicle production in Kenya

8 Sep 2016

SA still best bet for car makers

SA still best bet for car makers

David Furlonger 17 Aug 2016

Sendy launches ride-hailing feature

Sendy launches ride-hailing feature

Gabriella Mulligan 11 Jul 2016

BMW plans to grow sub-Saharan African vehicle sales

BMW plans to grow sub-Saharan African vehicle sales

David Furlonger 6 Jul 2016

From left: Edward Brown, World Vision Ethiopia national director; In-Shik Kim, president of Korea International Cooperation Agency; Roman Tesfay, First Lady of Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia; Jin-Haeng Chung, president of Hyundai Motor Group; Soon-Nam Lee, president of Kia Middle East & Africa regional headquarters.

Kia Motors to build auto mechanic training centres in East Africa

1 Jun 2016

Uber-fast rollout sees app-taxi service in hiring mode

Hilary Joffe 17 May 2016

Other African nations have potential to challenge SA's car manufacturing prowess

Other African nations have potential to challenge SA's car manufacturing prowess

David Furlonger 22 Apr 2016

SA Taxi will no longer finance old taxis as these tend to be unreliable. Image:

SA Taxi's cash pile opens new frontiers

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Johan van Zyl blamed Sanlam Sky's poor performance on the strike among platinum miners. Image:

Sanlam looking to invest in Africa, South-East Asia

Phakamisa Ndzamela 6 Jun 2014

Ford's sub-Saharan drive may benefit SA plants

Ford's sub-Saharan drive may benefit SA plants

David Furlonger 11 Apr 2014

Actis invests in AutoXpress, EA's tyre distributor

Actis invests in AutoXpress, EA's tyre distributor

4 Feb 2014

Barloworld's Clive Thomson is upbeat about the company's Africa prospects. Image: Barloworld.

Barloworld plans Africa expansion

Nick Hedley 20 Nov 2013

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