M&M to expand African footprint, plans manufacturing units in Sudan, Kenya

M&M plans to increase the number of factories in the Africa region and plans are afoot to have one each in Sudan and Kenya, said Mathew

Mahindra & Mahindra (M&M) plans to increase localisation of its Scorpio pick-up at its factory in South Africa’s Durban, as it seeks to make deeper inroads into the adjoining African markets and get around trade barriers. The maker of XUV300 and Bolero is also looking to set up contract-manufacturing units in Kenya and Sudan, Arvind Mathew, chief of international operations, M&M, said. 

“My objective is to increase local content, which allows us to export fully-built units out of South Africa to countries, including Mozambique, Zambia, Tunisia,” Mathew told Business Standard. Mathew envisages increasing percentage of locally-procured parts from South Africa to