Auto Report Africa

Jeanne Esterhuizen is the President, Retail Motor Industry Organisation (RMI), a perpetual corporate entity representing the interests of approximately 8,500 retail and wholesale motor industry establishments in South Africa. In this exclusive interview with AUTO REPORT AFRICA, Esterhuizen, who has put in over three decades in different top level capacities in the automotive ...

Top German Lawmakers Meet Farmers ‘Go away!’: Protesting Farmers Booed and Jeered German Finance Minister Large numbers of tractors headed to Berlin city centre, Monday morning,  for another demonstration by farmers who are angry at government plans to end tax breaks on diesel fuel. Honking tractors could be heard in several ...

While electric vehicles (EVs) have been globally touted as the future of road travel – the replacement to the internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicles that we have been driving for over 100 years – the very mention of the subject raises polarising opinions, especially in the South African market. Common ...

Rana Motors, a leading auto dealership and authorised general distributors of Kia and Jeep brands of vehicles in Ghana, made history last December as it partnered with Recycled Art Creator, Nana Anoff, to mount the tallest Christmas Tree in West Africa. Standing at a record height of 32 ft  at ...

The 20th edition of the annual Calabar Carnival, which is held every December,  may have come and gone, the memories of the excitement that came with the crowd-pulling event hosted by the Cross River State Government in Nigeria will surely linger for some time to come. The Bikers’ Parade, introduced ...

Vice President, Product Planning and Mobility Strategy at Hyundai Motor North America (HMNA), Olabisi Boyle, takes up a new role this January as she moves up the corporate ladder as Senior Vice President, Product Planning and Mobility Strategy at HMNA.  In her new role as Senior Vice President, Product Planning ...

Luqman Mamudu, a leading expert and advocate of a virile automotive industry in Nigeria,  is a former Director of Policy and Planning at the National Automotive Council (NAC) now known as the National Automotive Design and Development Council (NADDC). In this exclusive interview with AUTO REPORT AFRICA, Mamudu,who is currently ...

Proudly Assembled In Nigeria (By Olaolu Olusina/Olaolu.olusina@autoreportafrica.com) There is no doubt that the  All-new Honda Hi-Rider Revolutionary Vehicle (HR-V) is setting real standards for others in its class. The sophisticated, unisex and multi-purpose 1.5 litre engine mini-sport utility vehicle, which enjoys 38 percent market share in Nigeria, is truly the ...

(By Olaolu Olusina/Olaolu.olusina@autoreportafrica.com) Chairperson and Managing Director, Volkswagen Group South Africa’s (VWSA), Martina Biene, is without doubt “Proudly German” with a South African heart . The newly-elected President of the African Association of Automotive Manufacturers (AAAM) , who  had one of her first official assignments clearly spelt out at the third edition ...

CEO of the African Association of Automotive Manufacturers (AAAM), Dave Coffey, speaks on his association and its vision for the automotive industry in Africa. He says South Africa and Morocco are great examples of countries where significant auto investment continues to take place year after year whilst providing skilled employment at scale because ...