African countries account for just 1 % of global new car sales, and in the past making vehicles there has been no easier than selling them. In fact, it has been a "monumental failure," said Volkswagen Group South Africa's CEO, Thomas Schafer, in an article published by the Economist. During an October 29 interview for that article, Schafer said that VW is now trying again in as many as five African countries, and it isn't alone; executives with Ford, Toyota, Suzuki, Nissan and others are signing deals and starting assembly lines across the continent. VW's current plant in Rwanda has capacity of up to 5,000 vehicles per year, and Ford's facility in Nigeria is comparable.
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