• Reassures Geely Customers of Continued Support (By Olaolu Olusina) Changan, the leading Chinese vehicle brand, has found a home in Nigeria, and a comfortable one, for that matter. Fast-rising and leading automobile dealership, Mikano Motors, has given Changan, with its fascinating models, a warm embrace. The country’s automobile market, ...
Read More »Inside Renault Group’s Cléon Megafactory Where the Past Meets the Future
100 Million Engines, Gear Boxes Have Been Rolled Out Since Inauguration in 1958 The Renault Group’s Cléon factory, which specialises in manufacturing engines and components for both electric and internal combustion vehicles, could never be mistaken for a mere production plant. It is first and foremost a symbol of human ingenuity ...
Read More »Cleaner Fuels are Key to the future of Sustainable Mobility in Africa
The future of mobility is green and electric, of this there should be no doubt. As the first automotive manufacturer to commit to the Paris Agreement, Volkswagen Group knows and understands this well. The Group has set ambitious targets and has invested significantly to become a global leader in e-mobility. In Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), ...
Read More »Metal Shortage Could Put the Brakes on Electrification
As more and more electric cars are travelling on the roads of Europe, this is leading to an increase in the use of the critical metals required for components such as electric motors and electronics. With the current raw material production levels there will not be enough of these metals ...
Read More »EU Investing EUR 1.5 Billion to Increase EV Alternative Fuel Infrastructure
The charging infrastructure industry is rapidly evolving to meet the increasing demand for electric vehicles. As more people invest in electric vehicles, the need for reliable and convenient charging stations is becoming increasingly important. To provide a level of convenience and accessibility similar to that of refueling conventional vehicles, public ...
Read More »Impact of AI on Interpersonal Leadership
* Mitigating the Risks While Leveraging the benefits Artificial Intelligence (AI) technology is rapidly transforming the business landscape, with profound implications for leaders and their interpersonal skills. According to Jacqui van Rooijen, Leadership expert and Transformation Coach at YCagel, leaders will need to adapt their management approach to leverage the benefits ...
Read More »London Emerges World’s Best City Brand in New Ranking
With a score of 84.6/100, London tops the inaugural Brand Finance City Index, based on a global survey of 15,000 New York and Paris are close behind in 2nd and 3rd among 100 cities in the ranking Dubai proves its reputation as the top city brand in the Middle East, ...
Read More »UN Roadmap Outlines Solutions to Cut Global Plastic Pollution
Plastic pollution could reduce by 80 per cent by 2040 if countries and companies make deep policy and market shifts using existing technologies, a new report finds. The report has been written by the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) in collaboration with plastic pollution experts from the University of Portsmouth’s Global ...
Read More »Nigerian Pharmacy PhD Student,Somto Chike-Obuekwe, Receives Martin Lawlor Research Bursary Award
An international PhD student from the University of Huddersfield ‘s Department of Pharmacy in the School of Applied Sciences has won a prestigious award for her research on how community pharmacies can contribute to preventing suicide in low and middle-income countries, in particular within her home country of Nigeria. Somto ...
Read More »Promoting Equity: Meet the Three Women Who Run Nestlé Factories in Africa
(By Jean Marc Gogbeu) The Nestlé Group, which intends to maintain its leadership and highlight women, has gone well beyond good intentions by choosing to put women in charge of some of its industrial units in Africa Nestlé has made the promotion of equity one of the pillars of ...
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