Dear PtSA Member,
PtSA, a member of the African Association of Automotive Manufacturers (AAAM) shares this brief with you exclusively as our member.
This week, continuing on the article “Auto manufacturing is changing: how South Africa can adjust to protect workers and jobs”, the debate features the fact that automotive manufacturing lead firms significantly increased their capital expenditure from R0.8 billion in 1995 to R9.2 billion in 2020. Much of this went into automation in the form of new production machinery and plant equipment, including an increased population of production robots.
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Africa Automotive News Briefing 26 August
Dear AAAM Member,
The Africa Automotive News Briefing provides a weekly summary of key automotive developments from across the continent for AAAM members.
FG Pushing Local Automotive Capacity, Studies Auto Plants In Japan
The National Automotive Design and Development Council (NADDC) is taking further strides toward enabling an environment where Nigeria can build capacity to promote local automotive development.
Nigerian Envoy To Japan Lauds NADDC DG For Reviving Automotive Industry
The Nigerian Ambassador to Japan, Husaini Moriki, has commended the Director General of the National Automotive Design and Development Council (NADDC), Jelani Aliyu, for reviving the Nigerian Automotive Industry.
Read more via Leadership Nigeria
Why is Egypt’s automotive market stagnant?
Egypt’s automotive market is seeing unprecedented stagnation due to a confluence of factors, causing a dearth of new cars and a dramatic spike in used-car prices.
Morocco well-placed to benefit from reconfiguration of global supply chains- specialized media
Morocco has bolstered its standing as a strategic business hub offering propitious conditions for industrial firms seeking to stabilize their supply chain after the recent upheavals induced by the Covid-19 pandemic and the war in Ukraine, wrote the Maritime Executive, an outlet specializing in global trade and logistics.
Read more via North Africa Post
Tanzania’s woman car mechanic conquers man’s world
“There is nothing like man-dominated occupations in my vocabulary. Car mechanics has for a long time been viewed as a man’s world,” said Jane Goodluck Isowe, a woman who runs her car repair workshop at Magomeni Mwembechai in Dar es Salaam, the commercial capital of Tanzania.
Roam launches first electric transit bus in Kenya
Electric vehicle manufacturer Roam has launched its new Roam Rapid electric transit bus in Kenya, with the firm claiming it to be the first of its kind on the continent.
In Rwanda, a Singaporean company selling electric motorcycles woos bikers fed-up with high pump prices
Uber-green Rwanda wants to do something about its tens of thousands of motorcycle taxis that constantly pollute the air. Could the answer be a Singaporean company’s electric motorcycles?
Read more via Channel News Asia
Auto manufacturing is changing…
Technological changes in industry have given rise to contending schools of thought about their impact on work and workers. Automation is rapidly deepening and widening, reaching new areas of work. What’s being produced is also changing. In the automotive manufacturing industry, for example, there is a global shift to vehicles that don’t produce emissions.
Electric vehicle sales on the up in South Africa — most popular models and pricing
The uptake of fully electric vehicles (EVs) has been slow in South Africa, but data from the Automotive Business Council (Naamsa) reveals that sales are rising.
Dave Coffey – CEO – African Association of Automotive Manufacturers – ceo@aaamafrica.com
Victoria Backhaus-Jerling – Head of Project Office, South Africa – VDA-AAAM Partner Africa Project – victoria.jerling.extern@vda.de
Issaka Tetteh – Project Manager, ECOWAS Region – VDA-AAAM Partner Africa Project – iltetteh@aaamafrica.com