NIGERIA / WEST AFRICA

Preparations are in top gear for the West Africa Automotive Show (WAAS), a new international trade exhibition, aimed at  bringing the region’s automotive parts industry together under one roof in Lagos. For three days in November,  about 100 exhibitors from Nigeria and other countries would be gathering to network, forge ...

  As part of efforts to further promote economic and industrial growth through manufacturing in Nigeria and to provide a greater enabling environment for the ease of doing business, the Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN) in ...

Weststar Associates, the sole representative of Mercedes–Benz in Nigeria, has announced the arrival of the all-new CLA at all its Mercedes-Benz dealerships across the country with the best after-sales service. Described as the most intelligent and emotive car in its class,  Weststar re-affirmed that Mercedes-Benz has continued its dominance in ...

Hino, the largest truck and bus manufacturer in Japan, has rounded off  a successful 50-day promotional roadshow across four countries in Sub-Saharan Africa to increase brand awareness and to build a base for increasing sales in the region. The exercise covered a route of 6 500 km, traversing  Zimbabwe , ...

177,819 Mercedes-Benz cars were delivered worldwide – a new record for the month of August (+14.0%). Significant growth in sales of compact cars continued in August (+28.6%). Renewed year-on-year increase in worldwide deliveries of C- and E-Class Saloons in August. Sales from January to August are approaching the high level ...

Azuri Technologies has been named in the Sunday Times Hiscox Tech Track 100  league table which ranks the fastest growing technology, media and telecoms companies in the UK. The annual Sunday Times Hiscox Tech Track 100 league table ranks Britain’s fastest growing privately held companies by sales growth (% per ...

Nigeria, through the Small and Medium Enterprise Development Agency (SMEDAN) and the Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON), has commenced the strengthening of ties with Cameroon on the development of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises in both countries. The initiative is also to facilitate a seamless exchange of goods and services ...

The Director General, Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON),  Osita Aboloma, has congratulated the newly-inaugurated  Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, Otunba Adeniyi Adebayo and the Minister of State for Industry,  Trade and Investment, Ambassador Maryam Katagum, on their appointment, briefing the two supervisory Ministers on recent achievements and challenges of SON. ...

Randy Krieger is finally settling down to real business in Dubai following his appointment by Ford  in July  as President, Direct Markets, a new position which will focus on Ford’s distributor markets. In this new role, Krieger will drive a Distributor Centre of Excellence, which brings together more than 80 ...

Nigeria’s leading motorbike hailing service, Gokada, has returned to business after a brief shut down to re-strategise. Now, Gokada has fully relaunched its operations in Lagos with new motorcycles and better-equipped pilots who have been extensively trained in safe driving standards, GPS navigation, and customer service. Recall that Gokada halted its ...