EAST / CENTRAL AFRICA

  Call it a misadventure and that would just be it for Foton, the Chinese vehicle assemblers, as its six-year romance with Kenya has ended in misfortune. The company was left with no option than to liquidate its operations and put its assembly plant in the East African country for ...

As dads all over the world look forward to celebrating Father’s Day this Sunday, June 18, 2017, Ford Motor Company of Sub-Saharan Africa highlights four reasons why the Ford Ranger is the perfect vehicle for dads who want tough, rugged pickup that will also keep their family safe. Ford says ...

Kia Motors Corporation has expressed confidence in the Ethiopian economy, which recently overtook that of Kenya to emerge as the economic powerhouse of  East Africa. On Thursday, at a ceremony in the Lideta area of Addis Ababa, the nation’s capital,  the Korean carmaker opened a new community-run auto mechanic training ...

Kenyan oil marketing giant, Hass  Petroleum Group, has sold 40 percent of its stakes to Oman Trading International (OTI), a global trading company owned by the Government of Oman, according to a report by Fuel and Lube Asia. The move, according to F+L Asia , is to enable the Kenyan ...

  Cadillac said it sold 29,738 units globally in May 2017, an increase of 33.8 percent – driven by strong year-over-year growth in all markets, stressing that May marked its 12th consecutive month of double-digit growth, even as the brand continues with the execution of its globalisation strategy. While Cadillac ...

The interior   Kia said on Wednesday that its new B-segment crossover will be named ‘Stonic’, describing it as an eye-catching and confident compact crossover with true European design flair. In a statement issued in Seoul, the Korean auto giant said the Stonic, which will go on sale in the second ...

Kia Motors Corporation has put its May 2017 total global sales figures for passenger cars, recreational vehicles (RVs) and commercial vehicles at  219,128 units, stressing that its bestselling model in overseas markets for the month was the Sportage compact SUV with 35,629 units sold. The subcompact Rio (known as ‘Pride’ ...

    President Uhuru Kenyatta on Wednesday inaugurated a Chinese-built railway, linking the capital Nairobi with the port city of Mombasa. It is Kenya’s  biggest infrastructure project since independence. The boxy red-and-white diesel train, Madaraka Express, left from a gleaming new terminal in the port city,  carrying Kenyatta, Chinese dignitaries and ...

Counting on his vast experience in sales and marketing, having led the FUSO sales division successfully, Mercedes-Benz South Africa (MBSA) has named Ziyad Gaba the Head of FUSO Southern Africa, effective 1 July 2017. A statement issued, Wednesday,  in Pretoria said Gaba will succeed Naeem Hassim, who will assume his new ...

In a week the Fiat brand was re-introduced into Nigeria, with the unveiling of Tipo sedan, Thursday, by Weststar Associates in Lagos,  the Italian brand won five prestigious awards at the  ‘GrandPrix Advertising Strategies’  Awards in Milan. The ‘GrandPrix Advertising Strategies’ awards are the most important in Italy for brands and ...