CFAO Motors and DT Dobie Merge to Kind the Largest Automotive Distributor within the nation

CFAO Group, a serious participant within the distribution of products and companies in Africa, are excited to announce that DT Dobie has transferred its enterprise property to CFAO Motors Kenya with impact from 1st April 2023. Consequently, the respective companies of CFAO Motors Kenya and DT Dobie will probably be run underneath one entity, CFAO Motors Kenya.

The interior restructure brings collectively two robust, well-established and revered automotive corporations in Kenya which can proceed to supply our wonderful and various services underneath one entity CFAO Motors Kenya Restricted.
In 2016, Toyota Tsusho Company (TTC) acquired 100% shares in CFAO. With this acquisition, TTC as a part of an inside group reorganization, determined to combine all its African operations, together with these beforehand underneath Toyota Kenya underneath CFAO. The
intention was to create a major automotive community in Africa by leveraging on CFAO’s established markets in West Africa with TTC’s appreciable presence in Japanese and Southern Africa.

Accordingly, TTC transferred the shares it immediately held in CFAO Motors Kenya (previously Toyota Kenya) to CFAO leading to CFAO’s direct possession and management of the Kenya TTC group entities together with CFAO Motors Kenya and DT Dobie.
CFAO, subsequently, determined to conduct its Africa operations underneath a single “CFAO” model by harmonizing and integrating the operations of its numerous subsidiaries in Africa together with CFAO’s Kenya automotive distribution enterprise.

CFAO Group launched into an inside enterprise reorganization undertaking to streamline and simplify the construction of
its mobility enterprise in Kenya by combining the operations of CFAO Motors Kenya Restricted and DT Dobie Kenya.
On account of this, the operations of CFAO will probably be managed by Arvinder Reel because the Managing Director of CFAO Motors and its operations will probably be divided into the three operational divisions that embrace Toyota & Yamaha Division headed by Mr. Joshua
Anya, Multi-Model and Gear Division headed by Mr. Chris Ndala, and WINPART & AUTOFAST Division headed by Mr.
Abderrahmane Mairi.

Talking whereas saying the brand new CFAO Motors enterprise course, Managing Director Arvinder Reel stated, “As the popular companions for mobility options in Kenya we serve a large cross part of shoppers. This new enterprise positioning drastically enhances our automotive worth proposition available in the market with the most important portfolio of mobility options throughout this broad section of shoppers in addition to the most important aftersales service community within the nation.”

The brand new entity has additionally expanded the native meeting providing by CFAO Motors Kenya, combining the meeting of Landcruiser 79 (LC79), Hilux pick-ups, Hiace and Hino vehicles at Related Car Meeting (AVA) in Mombasa, and the VW Polo, Tiguan, Touareg, T-cross, Mercedes truck and buses and Hyundai vehicles at Kenya Car Producers (KVM) at Thika, Kiambu County.
CFAO Motors Kenya now has the most important seller community within the nation at 36 with the mixture of branches, dealerships and licensed service centres.

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