Two major global vehicle manufacturers, under the automotive development policy and Kantanka motors, have produced 1,843 vehicles for Ghana from 2018 to 2020.
So far, Volkswagen has produced one thousand, one hundred and sixty-seven (1,167) vehicles, two hundred and seventy-six (276) vehicles, and Ghana`s own Kantanka have produced four hundred (400) vehicles.
According to President Nana Akufo-Addo, the Japanese conglomerate, Nissan, has also started the assembly of vehicles in the country.
China national heavy duty truck group Sinotruk International signed a deal with the government of Ghana to develop an assembly plant in Ghana, a move that is to provide service to Ghana and West African markets in 2018.
The new assembly plant vowed to assemble about 1,500 trucks per year for sale in West Africa, noted Yuzong. Besides, the plant will play a major role in creating more jobs and employment opportunities for the local people, by providing them training in truck transfer technologies.
Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, President of Ghana, lauded the initiative of Sinotruk to develop the assembly plant and assured the government’s extensive support for the execution of the project.
In August 2020, German automaker Volkswagen (VW) has announced that the first vehicle produced by its assembly facility in Ghana is the Tiguan model.
In a statement, VW said other models such as Passat, Teramont, Polo, and Amarok will follow the production of the Tiguan
The vehicles will be assembled using Semi Knocked Down (SKD) assembly kits at the Universal Motors facility in Accra which has an installed capacity to assemble 5,000 units per annum.
Ghana becomes the fifth Volkswagen vehicle assembly location in Sub-Saharan Africa; the other locations are in South Africa, Kenya, Nigeria, and Rwanda.
Source: Mybrytfmonline.com