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This is why Transport Month matters
This is why Transport Month matters
[Mike Whitfield] Since 2005, South Africa has been celebrating October as Transport Month and 12 years later, we may have forgotten just how vital the transportation sector is to our economy and our growing nation... read
November sees another fuel price increase
November sees another fuel price increase
South Africans will see another the fuel price increase on Wednesday, 1 November 2017... read
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Jungheinrich wins two German Design Awards
Jungheinrich wins two German Design Awards

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The Jungheinrich ECE horizontal order picker and the ERE electric pedestrian pallet truck have been selected for the coveted German Design Awards in the Transportation category... read
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Winners of the ACI Africa Safety Awards 2017
Winners of the ACI Africa Safety Awards 2017
The winners of the ACI (Airports Council International) Africa Safety Awards were announced at the 27th ACI Africa World Annual General Assembly... read
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African air travel growth to outpace rest of world's

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Airline passenger numbers in Africa are expected to more than double in less than 20 years based on a growth rate of about 5.6%. The rate would raise the African number to about 200 million... read
NEXTT: Delivering on the future of air travel
NEXTT: Delivering on the future of air travel
On-ground concepts will increasingly be required to optimise the use of emerging technologies, processes and design developments. The New Experience in Travel and Technologies initiative aims to help deliver this future... read
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Cape Town drone company UAV Industries raises $499k

Tom Jackson

Cape Town-based drone operator UAV Industries has raised R6.84m ($499,000) in funding from Glenheim Venture Capital Company, the first direct investment made by Glenheim's Section 12J fund... read
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Digitisation, smart agriculture shaping the future of the African chemicals market
The use of smart agriculture will promote the appropriate use of agricultural chemicals and drive additional chemical sales as Africa boosts it's below average use of these inputs... read
Fleet Management
Hino Motors' new Koga plant off to a good start
Hino Motors' new Koga plant off to a good start
Hino Motors' new Koga plant in Japan, where the latest generation Hino 500 trucks are being built, is already operating at 90% of capacity... read
Jumia Food promotes gender diversity through female rider recruitment
Jumia Food promotes gender diversity through female rider recruitment
Jumia Food Kenya has launched an initiative aimed at recruiting more female riders; who act as the link between their partner restaurants and customers... read
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Taxi operators need financial management skills to compete
The University of the Western Cape's School of Business and Finance has produced research assessing the financial management skills of taxi operators in Cape Town... read
Transport
Uber appoints Lola Kassim as new GM for West Africa
Uber appoints Lola Kassim as new GM for West Africa
Uber has announced the appointment of Lola Kassim as its new general manager for West Africa... read
International
Nissan to launch new ambulance, electric delivery vehicle
Nissan to launch new ambulance, electric delivery vehicle
Nissan is set to reveal its new Paramedic Concept (Nissan's fifth-generation ambulance) and the all-electric e-NV200 Fridge Concept at the Tokyo Motor Show this week... read
Roambee enables digitisation for enterprise supply chain, logistics
Roambee enables digitisation for enterprise supply chain, logistics
IoT smart logistics and asset monitoring company, Roambee, has introduced mobile monitoring technology that combines BLE/Wi-Fi/GSM hotspots and beacons to provide granular visibility for package-level delivery and asset management... read
Amazon stretches delivery arm inside houses
Amazon stretches delivery arm inside houses
SAN FRANCISCO, US: Amazon stretched its delivery arm inside homes on Wednesday with a smart lock and camera combination that also signalled a move into home security... read
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Pilots flying high as airline travel increases
An increase in global air traffic means pilots are in high demand and are now often in a position to choose to work for airlines offering better wages or working conditions, a situation that could crimp some low-cost airlines... read
EasyJet to buy slice of Air Berlin's Tegel operations
EasyJet to buy slice of Air Berlin's Tegel operations
British low-cost carrier EasyJet announced that it had agreed to buy part of bankrupt carrier Air Berlin's operations at the German capital's Tegel Airport for €40 million ($46.4 million)... read
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Concentration of CO2 in atmosphere hits record high
The concentration of carbon dioxide (CO2) in the atmosphere has hit a new high, the UN said Monday, 30 October... read
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