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  Ford Motor Company Fund has awarded a grant of $20 000 (R355 000) to Unjani Clinics to mobilise hygiene efforts and equip communities with basic personal protective items as a proactive measure to help contain the spread of COVID-19. Ford Fund, the philanthropic arm of Ford Motor Company, has ...

The New England Motor Press Association (NEMPA) has named the 2020 Genesis G90 the Winter Sedan of the Year. Each year, NEMPA honors new vehicles that stand out in their respective classes. “My many thanks to NEMPA members for recognizing G90 as a luxury leader,” said Mark Del Rosso, President ...

As South Africa carefully refines Lockdown regulations, emphasis centres around the safe implementation of education. However, beneath this, many Grade 12 scholars and University students will be pondering what the future holds. A period of unprecedented disruption has certainly made everyone acutely aware of the changing job market and its ...

  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 ...

    (By Rene Devprasad, Taliya Naidoo and Shannon Ally)  The global pandemic of the COVID-19 crisis has resulted in leaders in Africa imposing strict controls to help curb the virus in their respective countries.       The global pandemic of the COVID-19 crisis has resulted in leaders in ...

  The long awaited 2020 Mitsubishi Triton Xtreme, an even more attractive version of the top-selling 4×4 Double Cab and aimed at owners with an adventure extreme lifestyle, is now available in limited numbers. The Triton Xtreme, only available as the 4×4 Double Cab Auto, offers much more than an ...

The BMW Group has assured that it is right on track and systematically pursuing its electrification strategy even as it confirmed that it would launch the new BMW iX3 into the global market by the end of 2020. The German luxury automaker said standard production of the BMW core brand’s ...

LIQUI MOLY Managing Director Ernst Prost on passion and success In today’s newsletter, Ernst Prost, Managing Director of the oil and additive specialist, LIQUI MOLY, talks about the passion for shaping the future, about perfectionism in his profession, and about the transience of material things. Enjoy it …   “Good ...

•  To survive, OEMs and software suppliers will need to rationalise or reallocate R & D expenses The COVID-19 outbreak has caused global new vehicle sales to contract by 19 per cent in the first quarter of 2020 due to supply chain disruption, factory shutdowns, and the automotive vertical’s high dependence on ...

Over the next 15 months, Africa is set to receive a total of $50bn towards its economic recovery from the World Bank, which has identified the protection of the region’s small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) as essential to its economic bounce-back from the coronavirus. Financial technology (fintech) has a key ...