Toyota group plant raided in test cheating probe as automaker says it sold 11.2M vehicles in 2023

TOKYO — Japanese transport officials raided the plant of a Toyota group company on Tuesday to investigate cheating on engine testing, as the company reported it kept its status as the world’s top automaker in 2023, selling 11.2 million vehicles. Hours after the probe began at Toyota Industries Corp.’s plant in Hekinan, Aichi Prefecture, central … Read more

Zanifu raises $11.2M to scale its stock financing providing in Kenya

Zanifu, a Kenyan fintech offering stock financing to micro, small and medium-sized companies, has raised $11.2 million debt-equity funding in a pre-Collection A spherical led by Past Capital Ventures and Variant Investments. Founders Manufacturing unit Africa, AAIC Funding, Google Black Founders Fund, and current investor Launch Africa additionally participated within the spherical. This brings whole … Read more