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  • Volkswagen Will Start Making Cars in Kenya Again After 40 Years

    Posted on :Tuesday , 13th September 2016

     Volkswagen will resume producing cars in Kenya by the end of the year as it looks to sell more vehicles across the East African region.

     
    After a four decade pause in production by the German carmaker in Kenya, VW will establish an assembly plant to initially produce its Vivo model, President Uhuru Kenyatta and Thomas Schafer, Volkswagen South Africa’s chi. . .

  • Volkswagen to start assembling cars in Kenya

    Posted on :Thursday , 8th September 2016

     Volkswagen has signed a deal to use the Kenya Vehicle Manufacturers in Thika to assemble its popular models beginning with the Volkswagen Vivo.

     
    The first fully Kenya assembled Vivo is expected to roll out of the Thika plant by December this year.
     
    Making the announcement Wednesday, President Uhuru Kenyatta said the plant will then. . .

  • Local Vehicle Assembly to restart with Renault introducing its first cheap locally assembled vehicle

    Posted on :Thursday , 8th September 2016

     Local assembly of motor vehicles has received a big boost after Volkswagen South Africa signed a deal with the government, to assemble vehicles in Thika. The deal will see Volkswagen use the Kenya vehicle manufacturer’s facility in Thika to assemble popular models beginning with the Volkswagen vivo.

    The first fully Kenya assembled vivo is expected to roll out of the Thika pl. . .

  • Toyota Tsusho revs up technician development in Kenya

    Posted on :Saturday , 27th August 2016

      Toyota Tsusho will take on nearly twice as many trainees at its vocational education center here in the Kenyan capital, seeking to develop human resources to benefit the region's economy and the company's operations.

     
    Some 381 students learned skills such as automobile repairs in 2015 at the Toyota Kenya Academy, an institute opened in 2014 by a subsidiary. An. . .

  • A solar-powered computer lab bridges digital divide

    Posted on :Thursday , 25th August 2016

     An ordinary bus-turned computer lab is boosting digital literacy among thousands of youths in Nairobi’s slums.

     
    Inside the bus used by Craft Silicon Foundation as a classroom for computer classes in Kawangware, Nairobi. The vehicle had its interior customised, its seats removed and replaced with 64 chairs and 32 reading tables. Each table has a computer d. . .

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