Local car manufacturer, Kantanka Automobile has announced it is doubling its production of locally manufactured Katanka cars to 250 units yearly for the Nigerian market.“Production is currently still on-going; we have doubled last year’s production and we have just recently added an order of 100 vehicles to hit the Nigerian market. We are expanding our facilities, our workshop and now we are also poised to produce more cars to hit the Ghanaian market as well,” General Manager of Kantanka Automobile, Francis Kudjordjie revealed to reporters in Accra.
The local car manufacturer is only receiving lip-service patronage from its home base in Ghana while several African countries have been hooked on to it.In 2018, the company said that it secured about 13,000 orders from 3 African countries. This order, according to the Chief Executive, has been the company’s biggest order ever since production began.
The car manufacturer, earlier this year announced that it will commence the production of electric cars as it is ready to produce them in Ghana by the end of this year.
“By the end of this year, Kantanka will build electric cars that could travel between Accra to Kumasi before recharge. We intend to do that before this year ends,” Kwadwo Safo Kantanka Junior, Chief Executive Officer of Kantanka Automobile earlier stated.
According him, the move will demonstrate to Ghanaians the company’s readiness to adapt to technology that can stand the innovation and competition on the global stage.