Ghana’s domestic car manufacturing company says it has 13k orders from 3 African countries

Ghanaian owned car manufacturing company, Kantanka Automobile, has said that it has secured 13,000 orders from three African countries to help grow the local industry.

According to the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Kantanka Automobile, Kwadwo Safo Jnr all the orders they have received are from West African countries. But an article on the company's website failed to mention the specific countries that made the orders.

Kantanka has hence earmarked million for the project.

Mr Safo Jnr said that this is the highest order since the company started production.

He said that he was hopeful they will break into other African countries in order to become a known name when it comes to vehicle manufacturing in Africa.

Kantanka Automobile, had its first production models built under its own badge hit the streets in 2016.

The company was founded by Apostle Dr Ing. Kwadwo Safo Kantanka, the Founder and Leader of Kristo Asafo Mission of Ghana.

It was subsequently incorporated as a limited liability company in 2001 with the main objective to research into the manufacturing of automotive components and their combination with other parts outsourced from component suppliers to form a completely built unit.

Kantanka vehicles are assembled in Ghana from CKD (Complete Knock Down) kits supplied by partnered firms, through Chongqing Big Science & Technology.