Africa represents a huge potential market for automakers and is becoming an attractive terrain for production to be placed on the global backdrop of consumer market volatility.
According to the International Automobile Industry Organization (OICA), over the past decade, the African volume of the automotive market has increased from 40% to 1.55 million cars sold by the end of 2015 despite the current decline in energy prices. However, the total market volume of the 54 African countries remains only 2% of world sales.
Given the growth of the population, and therefore the number of representatives of the middle class, according to OICA estimates, the potential capacity of the African market reaches 3 million cars.
Mobius
It is a very promising company. In 2009, it unveiled a prototype Mobius One, and in 2011 showed a production car Mobius Two. The idea was to make a car perfect for Africa, that is to say as simple as possible so that nothing could break it or remove it, robust to the maximum, all-terrain, and cheap. And we did it.
Mobius does not have electronics, air conditioners, heaters—nothing superfluous. Its operation is very simple. Its weight is extremely low thanks to a tubular frame. It gives the possibility to ride at least on the hood, at least on the roof (there are special adaptations and handles), the habitability is perfect.
In addition to the assembly plant of the Canadian company INKAS, in Nigeria, we have its local armored vehicle plant and military vehicles. In addition to tanks, helmets, and bulletproof vests, the company manufactures armored SUVs of its own Pf2 design and Pf3 key (APC series), Pf2 Leopard armored buses (ICV series), as well as a variety of different vehicles licensed on the Toyota chassis, Iveco, MAN, DAF, Mercedes-Benz, Isuzu, and Mitsubishi. In addition, the Proforce brand can armor almost any car up to Rolls-Royce.
Wallis
It’s the first Tunisian car. It came to light thanks to a fervent Zyg Guidé, who showed a prototype at the Paris Motor Show in 2008. The compact SUV even pleased Europeans, and a year later, the Wallys Izis model was launched in limited production. The engine is 75 C.V. at 1.4 liters from Peugeot, the length of the car is only 3.25 m. Its body is made of plastic, so the lifetime warranty against corrosion is given. There is an electric version. It is good for tourist beaches.
Volkswagen
Volkswagen became one of the first in South Africa. With the participation of the President of Kenya, Uhuru Kenyatta, an agreement was already signed in September 2016 with the government on imports at the end of the year of basic spare parts for the production of the Polo model in the capacity of about 5 thousand cars per year.
VW has allocated nearly $315 million on the extension of its production in South Africa. In 2017, the German group produced about 160 thousand vehicles per year, increasing production by 30% compared to 2015.
