NIGERIA / WEST AFRICA

  The British Ambassador to Japan, Paul Madden,  Friday,  lauded Azuri Technologies over its next-generation off-grid energy, describing it as key to economic development in Africa. Madden gave the commendation during his visit to TICAD7, the long-standing Japanese summit aimed at driving trade and investment to African economies. Azuri, the ...

(By Victor OLATUNJI) The Government of Ghana has taken delivery of over 300 Mercedes-Benz  Sprinter ambulances. AUTO REPORT AFRICA reliably gathered that the ambulances which were brought into the West African country from Germany in no fewer than three batches would be deployed for the national health project of the ...

  Coscharis Motors, exclusive distributor of Ford vehicles in Nigeria, Monday, announced an improvement on the warranty on select Ford models to three years or 100,000km for owners in the country. This new warranty, according to a statement, is only applicable to 2017 models and upwards even as it listed ...

    Kia Motor Nigeria is wooing its numerous patrons with the ‘eye-catching’ and ‘striking’ features of the newly-arrived 2019 Kia Sportage, describing the revolutionary SUV as unmistakably sporty. ” You’ll make a statement in the eye-catching all-new 2019 Kia Sportage – without saying a word. The uniquely sporty exterior ...

…Sales of early bird tickets end today More than 1,000 delegates, thought leaders and trend setters in the transport sector are expected to attend  the Lagos Transport Fest scheduled to hold at the Civic Centre, Victoria Island, Lagos on Thursday, December 5, 2019. And as preparations for the conference continue ...

Nigeria has developed new industrial standards for cereal and cereal products just as it has also  reviewed the standard for cornflakes circulating in the Nigerian market. This is in a bid to boost the dietary value of breakfast meals consumed by children, especially, in the country. The development is the ...

  ● As VFS Global partners Dantata Universal Services for easy access in the United Kingdom ● New centres open in Berlin and Frankfurt, Germany, Monday, 12 August As part of the efforts to support the initiative by the National Identity Management Commission’s (NIMC) to enrol Nigerian adults and children ...

  The rejection of the much-touted  National Automotive Industry Development Plan (NAIDP) Bill by the President Muhammadu Buhari-led Administration in Nigeria, twice, over a five-year period may throw a whopping N2.5trillion investments by stakeholders into the drain. Lamenting the failure of the country’s auto policy to work as anticipated, an ...

(Victor Olatunji) Ghana’s Western Regional Minister, Dr. Kwabena Okyere Darko-Mensah, has visited the WestPark to assess level of progress on ongoing construction works. Commenting on the importance of the Region to the country’s economy during the visit, the Minister said,  “the Western Region, with its vast natural resources and skilled ...

Toyota Nigeria is billed to handle the technical session at the capacity building workshop of the Nigeria Auto Journalists Association (NAJA) which holds in Lagos this Friday. This is coming as Weststar Associates, the authorised distributor of Mercedes-Benz in the country, and a leading insurance firm, Cornerstone, have given their ...