Kantanka Automobile

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Katanka Cars
IndustryAutomotive
Founded1994
Headquarters
Ghana
Key people
Kwadwo Safo Kantanka (Director)
ProductsAutomobiles
OwnerKwadwo Safo Kantanka Jnr.
WebsiteOfficial site

Kantanka Automobile, a Ghana based automotive company that designs, manufactures, assembles and sells luxury cars, was established in 1994 by Kwadwo Safo Kantanka[1] and incorporated as a limited liability into the manufacturing of automotive components and their combination with other parts outsourced from component suppliers to form a complete built unit. In 1998, the first complete built unit (CBU) was manufactured using over 75% of local components, locally manufactured including the engine block. By 2006, the first SUV, the Onantefo, was manufactured.

Kantanka vehicles are assembled in Ghana from knock-down kits supplied by a Chinese firm, possibly Foday via .[2][3]

Models[]

The Kantanka range of cars includes both saloon and four-wheel drive vehicles.

  • Kantanka Nkunimdie SUV.[4]
  • Kantanka Omama Pickup – Foday Lion [5]
  • Kantanka Onantefo 4x4 pickup/SUV – Kantanka Onantefo SUV Foday Explorer 6 [5]
  • Otumfuo SUV.[6]
  • Kantanka K71 small SUV – Brilliance Jinbei S30
  • Kantanka Amoanimaa
  • Kantanka Mensah
  • Kantanka Omama luxury 4x4[7]

Military hardware[]

Kantanka is alleged to have manufactured military hardware such as armored personnel carriers, tanks, and helicopters. However these devices appear to use fireworks as their primary weapons system. They have also developed combat exoskeletons, which appear to function more as costume props than true weapons systems.[8]

Kantanka launched an armored vehicle with rangefinder in the 2018 Annual Technology Show at Apostle Safo School of Arts and Sciences.[9]

Gallery[]

  • Kantanka Otumfo SUV assembled in Gomoa Mpota, which is located in Central Region, Ghana

References[]

  1. ^ "About Apostle Safo". Africa Redemption Magazine. July 11, 2013.
  2. ^ "Jalopnik – The Apostle's Car". www.jalopnik.com. Retrieved 2016-10-11.
  3. ^ "Globalized Operation – Chongqing Big Technology Co., Ltd". bigmtauto.en.alibaba.com.
  4. ^ "Kantanka Outdoors "Nkunimdie V8"   – Daily Guide". www.dailyguideghana.com. Archived from the original on 2015-01-09. Retrieved 2015-04-22.
  5. ^ a b "The Living Apostle Who Sold The Media On The Myth Of 'Ghana's First Car'". Jalopnik.
  6. ^ "Ghana News – Safo Kantanka's cars go on sale next month". www.myjoyonline.com. Retrieved 2015-04-22.
  7. ^ potenzaglobalsolutions.com. "Inventory Archive". Kantanka Automobile | Africa's No 1 Choice Automaker. Retrieved 2020-01-11.
  8. ^ Rogoway, Tyler; Trevithick, Joseph (January 14, 2019). "Ghana's 'Super Soldiers' Wouldn't Win A High School Halloween Costume Contest". www.thedrive.com.
  9. ^ "Kantanka". Graphic Online.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)


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