Auto Site for Africa by Africans
Availability of cheap gas in Africa is shaping the consumption patterns of imported cars in the continent. This is the case more especially with countries undertaking oil production. The fact that the price of gas in the local pumps is low is by far a great incentive for most car[...]
We all know how the insurance business works; you pay premiums alongside other many car owners because you all feel unsafe on the road. The insurance companies must be doing very well because there are not so many accidents and the premiums keep flowing in. Well, there is a new[...]
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By the end of 2014, there will be more smartphones in the market than there are PCs and you can take that to the bank. Africa is grabbing its fair share of smartphones too and if you are a car seller, you had better start thinking about that mobile website![...]
In the recent past, Africa’s automotive industry has witnessed noticeable changes. In fact, it is undergoing rapid changes, presently. Still, we anticipate more changes in future. If that is the case then what is happening currently that we would like to see more improvement? Well, this is one of the[...]
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SUVs, despite being the late entrants to the auto industry all over the world, have gone ahead to claim a measurable share and control of the market. Their class in the industry today is undisputed, and manufacturers who ignore their importance would surely be ignoring themselves from business. Nevertheless, even[...]
Transport plays a major role in the shape and direction of a country’s or in this case, a continent’s economy. This is why governments spend fortunes in the development and maintenance of the infrastructure systems. In most cases, the main transports means are rail and road and as the African[...]
China is the biggest consumer of cars in the world. It makes sense. The huge growing economy needs to be fueled and the huge population means that more people will need to buy cars. In 2006, China surpassed Japan as the second largest vehicle consumer and today, it is set[...]
Africa has grown in IT usage and car consumption. Among the services taking the continent by storm, buying and selling cars online is one of them. This has resulted to the need to find an avenue for buying and selling vehicles by the use of internet through the creation of[...]
Afroautos has kept you abreast with the developments in the African auto industry, ranging from the lucrative secondhand vehicle businesses to the ‘invasion’ by Chinese auto manufacturers and the imminent price and style wars. If this is anything to go by, then about five companies can be said to be[...]
Long before the invention of cars in Europe, African people were still traveling. Some of the travels were trade routes and others were just routes used to go to war. The traveling incorporated canoes, walking on foot or riding on animals. Anyway, the fact that they did not have motorized[...]
