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  Hyundai Automotive South Africa has installed a solar energy system at its Parts Distribution Centre which reduces its carbon footprint and its dependency on municipal power, and thus also minimise exposure to load shedding. The solar photovoltaic (PV) project, installed at a cost of just over R3 million, generates ...

  Nissan on Friday unveiled a new £52m XL press line at its UK manufacturing plant, as preparations ramp up for the hotly-anticipated next generation Qashqai. The press, which weighs more than 2,000 tonnes and has taken 18 months to install, is part of a £400m investment by Nissan in ...

Groupe PSA has chosen a recommended partner for the installation of charging stations in each country in Europe. A partnership that covers all Groupe PSA brands. Charging solutions for consumers, both in single-family homes and multi-family complexes. Solution also available for the Business customers. A single, simple, “one-stop-shop” solution for ...

Azuri Technologies , a pioneer in pay-as-you-go solar home solutions for off-grid Africa, has been ranked the 370th fastest growing company in Europe by the Financial Times in their annually compiled FT1000 list. The ranking is based upon annual growth rate in revenue between 2015 and 2018 and those that make the ...

  Nissan Motor Co., Ltd, Friday,  announced the winners of the 36th Nissan Children’s Storybook and Picture Book Grand Prix, organized by the International Institute for Children’s Literature, Osaka, Japan . Izumi Yamamoto won the Storybook Grand Prize for “Nasubi wa Naniiro?” (“What Color Is an Eggplant?”). Satoko Iwasaki won ...

    Africa’s first blockchain-powered micro jobs platform, MobiJobs.Africa, has been launched. Powered by SAFCOIN, an exclusive African cryptocurrency, the platform aims at connecting businesses and gig economy workers across Africa, for free. MobiJobs.Africa allows start-ups and small to medium-sized businesses list jobs, search freelancer profiles, and establish an online presence without set-up, hosting, ...

  LIQUI MOLY, the German lubricants and additive manufacturing company, has extended its sponsorship of the ATP tennis tournament till 2022. Restating the commitment of the specialist brand as the premium sponsor of the MercedesCup, LIQUI MOLY Marketing Manager, Peter Baumann, said, “The MercedesCup offers LIQUI MOLY an ideal opportunity to ...

    The newest Commonwealth member country, Maldives, has joined Seychelles to launch a major joint scientific expedition to investigate unexplored depths of the Indian Ocean. The ground-breaking multidisciplinary research mission, known as ‘First Descent: Midnight Zone ‘, was officially launched at the Commonwealth headquarters at Marlborough House. Led by the ...

A fresh era of negative interest rates is looming and investors are now seeking to top-up their portfolios with equities, says the CEO of one of the world’s largest independent financial advisory organisations. Nigel Green, the deVere Group chief executive and founder, stated this after the U.S. Federal Reserve’s emergency rate cut ...

As  Alpine takes forward steps in its long-term plan, the premium sports car manufacturer has announced the limited-edition A110 Légende GT. The most refined interpretation of the A110 to date is unveiled alongside A110 Color Edition 2020 and Atelier Alpine. Limited to 400 examples worldwide, A110 Légende GT takes the ...