Global launch of new UD trucks product range
The global launch of the UD Trucks Corporation of Japan all-new extra heavy truck range, the Quester, took place in Thailand. Designed and developed specifically with the world’s fast-growing regions...
View ArticleHINO and the 2014 Dakar Rally
Next year will mark the 23rd consecutive year that Hino has entered the Dakar Rally having been the first Japanese manufacturers to enter this rally when it competed in the 1991 event, which went from...
View ArticleJapan to invest in African infrastructure
Japan has promised a financial assistance package that will see the country’s public and private sectors invest $32 billion in infrastructure, human and mineral resource development in Africa over the...
View ArticleJapan to help Nigeria with waste management, renewable energy
Nigeria will receive assistance from Japan with waste management and renewable energy. Speaking in Abuja, Japanese foreign minister on environment Hideki Makihara said that Japan has observed Africa’s...
View ArticleJapan helps Ghana deliver water
Japan has assisted the Ghanaian government in connecting nine communities, which form part of the coastal wetland in the South Tongu District of the Volta Region, with potable water. The project was...
View ArticleFuture Ports – Sustainable Development
How does the model of port development that we have seen in Europe, Japan, Australia translate into the African context? What are the key drivers behind port development in Africa? And is there one...
View ArticleToxic water freeze poses problems
Efforts to free radioactive water from Japan’s destroyed Fukushima nuclear plant has hit a glitch and may take longer than expected. Tokyo Electric Power had planned to freeze some of the 11 000 tons...
View ArticleJapan commits to developing Africa’s infrastructure
On the margins of the Climate Summit in New York, the Japanese government convened the second roundtable with African Regional Economic Communities (RECs), chaired by Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo...
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SA team wins international aftermarket competition
A South African team has won the inaugural UD Trucks Gemba Challenge Aftermarket competition in Japan. BB Truck and Tractor Polokwane became the 2014 UD Trucks Gemba Challenge champions by beating out...
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Japan pledges billions for African infrastructure
Japan pledges investment in quality infrastructure in Africa A $3 billion private sector development initiative was announced at the Sixth Tokyo International Conference on African Development in...
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