INTERVIEWS

As Nigeria, Wednesday, joins the rest of the world in marking the 2020 World Standards Day, experts in international standardisation have advocated substantial reduction in human impact and protection of the planet, seeking political will, concrete action and the right tools among which are international standards. This advocacy is predicated ...

    Valentine Okolo, author of the thought provoking poetry book: I Will Be Silent, talks on Rape, Genocide, and the Power of Words, in this encounter with Godwin Iheancho. Excerpts:      Where did you get the idea for your most recent book?  I got it from the title of ...

  Austin Avuru, CEO, Seplat Petroleum Development Company speaks with Oxford Business Group on the impact of Covid-19 and falling oil prices on Nigeria’s economy. Excerpts;   How is Nigeria’s oil and gas industry faring in the face of the current pandemic? The combination of the current pandemic and the ...

While the number of reported Covid-19 cases in the emerging markets Oxford Business Group covers is, for the moment, much lower than elsewhere in the world, no one can deny the impact of the virus on international business. In this interview with the editorial team of Oxford Business Group (OBG) ,  Iyinoluwa ...

    As Daimler, the leading German automaker, marks the 120 years of Mercedes this April, celebrating its transformation from a premium automobile brand to a holistic luxury brand, Bettina Fetzer, Head of Marketing, Mercedes-Benz AG and Gorden Wagener, Chief Design Officer,  Daimler AG, speak about the fascination of a ...

Giovanny Arroba is the program design director of Nissan and the mastermind behind the recently unveiled Ariya Concept. The crossover EV embodies the Nissan Intelligent Mobility vision of personal transportation – one where electrification and vehicle intelligence will offer seamless and adaptive travel experiences free of accidents or harmful emissions, With ...

  ……Promises a win-win relationship … Our cars are very rugged, suitable for African roads – Estelle Fei   Olaolu OLUSINA (olaolu.olusina@autoreportafrica.com ) Dorcen Automotive Manufacturing Group, a leading Chinese car maker, has restated its commitment to fully launch out into the African markets, saying its cars are elegant, rugged ...

    Tetsuro Ueda is a technology expert at the Nissan Research Centre, a place where Nissan explores cutting-edge technologies and develops the next step in automotive excitement. Working with a small, but dedicated team, Ueda’s research focuses on connecting technology and humans in an enriching, seamless way. His latest ...

    Christopher Weil is a passionate designer. Since 2013, he has been Head of Exterior Design at MINI, i.e. the man responsible for shaping the exterior of both current and future MINI models and the brand’s concept and vision cars. As a new year gets underway, he answers ten ...

          Quick on the track and yet very pleasant at the same time, that’s how people in the DTM see Tyrolean all-rounder, Lucas Auer. In a two-part interview, we present the man behind the racing driver. In Part 1, Lucas talks about… … his first time ...