Last Updated 13 years ago by Kenya Engineer
Japanese auto maker, Honda Motor Co in a quest to capture the growing demand for motor bikes in the East African market is setting up an assembly plant in Kenya. The plant is Honda’s third’s local subsidiary in Africa, after South Africa and Nigeria.
The annual demand for motorcycles in Kenya rose from 16,293 in 2007 to 140,215 in 2011 owing to the increased use of motorbikes for transport, commonly referred to as bodaboda.
The new plant, with an initial production capacity of 25,000 units per year, will boost the profile of Kenya’s auto business at a time car dealers, including Toyota, India’s Tata Motors, Hyundai Motor Company and China’s Foton, are showing a bias for local assembly.
“Combined with Honda’s production base in Nigeria, the new factory in Kenya will bring the company’s total annual motorcycle production capacity in Africa to 175,000 units,” the Japan Times quoted Honda Motor Co.
Honda said the Kenyan subsidiary will initially employ 60 workers and will produce several entry-level models to be marketed in Kenya.
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