Nice bakkie. This is South Africa's best selling truck, a Toyota Hilux, better known at home as a bakkie. It's not a bakkie. It's a Hilux.They're popular for handling the country's diverse landscape, from rural farmlands to city potholes. Produced domestically. since the seventies, it's become a proud export.One popular destination, India. If you consider that India is is a market that produces in the region of about 6 million vehicles and we as a continent are under 2 million. That then tells you that the ...

On this edition of Next Africa. Ethiopia powers a new future. The $5 billion Grand Renaissance Dam is now online, but it's also deepening a years long dispute with Egypt and Sudan over the flow of the River Nile.Plus, Donald Trump's trade war is fueling the South-South trade. Indian automaker Mahindra is betting big on South Africa's Bakkie market, challenging Western rivals. And Africa's biggest e-commerce player, Jumia is riding a supply chain shift from China, turning trade tensions into fresh momentum.W ...