such has been the rise of indian brands that the number of chinese companies in africa has come down from over 200 a decade back to almost about 30 companiesmumbai amid the border tensions between india and china in ladakh a pitched battle is being waged between two indian companies and their chinese rivals in faraway africa in this battle for market share the indians have gained ground at the expense of the chinese companiesindias bajaj auto and tvs motor are quickly capturing the twowheeler market share in the african continent such has been the rise of the indian brands that the number of chinese companies present in the african market has come down from more than 200 a decade back to less than 40 now if the chinese held as much as 95100 of the market a decade ago now they share it almost equally with the indian manufacturers advt bajaj auto is the no 1 or 2 in more than a dozen african markets with a cumulative market share of 40 of the 2427 million twowheelers sold there it sold more than a million vehicles in africa in the fiscal year ended in march 2020 recording a compounded annual growth rate of 30 in the last three yearsbajaj has been able to compete and win in africa based on its product strengths local assembly operations quality assurance network of distribution partners dealers and service centres executive director rakesh sharma said with a longterm focus a huge effort has been put in training tens of thousands of mechanics and establishing customer engagement programmes which is yielding results added sharmatvs didnt provide specific numbers for africa but a spokesperson said the continent offered structural growth opportunities due to rising demand for lastmile connectivity in rural and semiurban areascalled boda boda twowheelers in africa are largely used for commercial purpose for transporting both people and goods the indian brands are wellplaced to take advantage if demand for personal mobility increases in the wake of the covid19 pandemicbajajs boxer bike has become a ubiquitous brand in africa and has helped the company grow share from 25 five years ago to 40 in 201920 the brands nearest competitor sells less than half of the boxer volume bajaj auto has over 10 assembly facility in africa and it works with a dozen distributors advt indias exports of twowheelers grew 134 annually in value between 2008 and 2019 compared with 64 for chinas companies according to kotak institutional equities in fiscal 2019 twowheeler exports earned india about 2 billion in foreign exchange according to its reportindian companies are capturing the market as they bring quality and durability vis vis competition the tvs spokesperson said tvs has built customised products for the african market as each region has a distinguished requirement twowheelers have a multipurpose usage ranging across ambulance taxi and commuter vehicle backed up by a holistic sales network to provide endtoend supportmuch like bajaj tvs too has focused its attention on setting up