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Al Amani renews drive for Africa’s automotive parts market

…Seeks local partnerships in major markets   Olaolu Olusina (olaolu.olusina@autoreportafrica.com) Al Amani Spare Parts L.L.C, Dubai, United Arab Emirates – based specialist in spare parts for all passenger cars, commercial vehicles and heavy equipment, is renewing its drive for a good market share of Africa’s growing and lucrative automotive parts ...

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Gbolahan Dada to anchor Motorsports for Auto Report Africa

Gbolahan Stephen Dada, senior Nigerian Sports journalist, has joined the Auto Report Africa team and will be anchoring the Motorsports section of the fast-rising online automotive news platform for Africa with audience and followers across the globe. Dada,  a graduate of Industrial Relations and Personnel Management from University of Lagos, ...

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Wema Bank unveils Sara by Wema, new community for women

    Wema Bank Plc is still basking in the euphoria of its successful launch of Nigeria’s first fully digital bank, ALAT. The bank has now taken another giant step towards creating a better and promising future for women in the country and in other parts of the world by ...

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Mercedes-Benz records best quarter ever in China, sells more than 560,000 vehicles worldwide 

  Mercedes-Benz has continued its amazing sales records as the Stuttgart-based luxury carmaker closed the first quarter of 2019 with 560,873 passenger cars sold worldwide . Interestingly, the first quarter of the year was the best quarter ever for Mercedes-Benz in China. For the third year in a row, sales ...

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ONE Campaign’s top delegation visits Nigeria, meets Vice President Osinbajo, others

A top delegation from the ONE Campaign has met with Nigeria’s Vice President, Prof.  Yemi Osinbajo and the Health Minister, Prof. Isaac Adewole, during a recent visit to the country. The delegation, which included Co-Founder Bono, Board Chairman Tom Freston, CEO Gayle Smith and Nigeria Country Director, Serah Makka-Ugbabe, also ...

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Ford Research: Drivers who cycle may see dangers more quickly

      Look at the two images above for around ten seconds and the chances are you will notice a small yet significant change.  If you are a driver who cycles, you will probably have spotted the difference more quickly than a driver who doesn’t cycle. It might only ...

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SPECIAL INTERVIEW: CBN is determined to provide financial services to about 36.6 million unbanked Nigerians – Olaitan, Director, Development Finance

Ahead of the Future Banking Technology West Africa Conference scheduled to hold in Lagos on April 23 and 24, Central Bank of Nigeria’s Director, Development Finance,  Dr. Mudashiru Olaitan, speaks exclusively to the organisers of the confab on the reasons CBN is supporting the conference and the ongoing efforts to ...

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Import Your Car Nigeria marks one year, woos customers with  30% discount on  brokerage fees

   First auto brokerage services provider in Nigeria, Import Your Car Nigeria Limited (IYCN),  is  celebrating its one-year of operations in the country’s auto market. The company is therefore offering a special anniversary 30 per cent discount on its brokerage fees for all online customers who either bid or buy ...

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INFINITI begins global search for top engineering recruits

INFINITI has launched the 2019 edition of the renowned INFINITY Engineering Academy, its global search for the top engineering recruits in the world. The 2019 edition marks the sixth consecutive year of the Academy, which will give seven global engineering students the opportunity to work with INFINITI and Renault F1® Team ...

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Milestone as 1,000 Ford Ranger models leave Port Elizabeth for Europe

Ford Motor Company  has hit another milestone as its recent investment of over R3-billion to expand production capacity at its  South African vehicle and engine assembly plants is already paying off. This is as the new multi-port strategy for vehicle exports from Port Elizabeth to complement current Roll On Roll Off ...

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