Kantanka Automobile, is a Ghanaian based automotive company that designs, manufactures, assembles and sells luxury cars. It was established in 1994 by entrepreneur and preacher Kwadwo Safo Kantanka.[1] It was incorporated as a limited liability which is 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. Kwadwo Safo Kantanka is also the founder of the Kristo Asafo (Christ Reformed) Church, a seventh-day movement in Ghana.
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| Industry | Automotive |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1994 |
| Headquarters | |
Key people | Kwadwo Safo Kantanka (Director) |
| Products | Automobiles |
| Owner | Kwadwo Safo Kantanka Jnr. |
| Website | Official site |
Kantanka vehicles are assembled in Ghana from knock-down kits supplied by a Chinese firm, possibly Foday via Chongqing Big Science & Technology[2][3]
Models
editThe Kantanka range of cars includes both saloon and four-wheel drive vehicles.
Military hardware
editKantanka 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]
The Kantanka range of military vehicles includes both air and ground vehicles, as well as infantry equipment.
Models
edit- Kantanka-ABV, Armored Bullion Vehicle, slated for use as police SUV (Bullet Proof Glass and Armor Plating, based on Kantanka Onantefo)
- Kantanka-KTK2, Helicopter (Mockup only shown) - Single Crew, rocket Attack Helicopter
- Kantanka-KTK Car, 4-Wheeled Light Weapons Platform - Crewless Drone Vehicle
- Kantanka-SPG, 4-Wheeled Fighting Artillery, - 3 crew/3 passengers, Main gun and side mounted rocket tubes
- Kantanka-ACCRA APC, 8-Wheeled Fighting Armored Personnel Carrier, (4 meters tall/13 feet), 4 crew, 20 passengers
- Kantanka-GLITZ Walker, Bipedal Mechanized "Chicken Walker"
- Kantanka-Infantry Exoskeleton, Passively Powered via "Gear weight and Hydraulics" (Claimed).[10]
Gallery
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Kantanka Otumfo SUV assembled in Gomoa Mpota, which is located in Central Region, Ghana
References
edit- ^ "About Apostle Safo". Africa Redemption Magazine. July 11, 2013.
- ^ "Jalopnik – The Apostle's Car". www.jalopnik.com. Retrieved 2016-10-11.
- ^ "Globalized Operation – Chongqing Big Technology Co., Ltd". bigmtauto.en.alibaba.com.
- ^ "Kantanka Outdoors "Nkunimdie V8" – Daily Guide". www.dailyguideghana.com. Archived from the original on 2015-01-09. Retrieved 2015-04-22.
- ^ "The Living Apostle Who Sold The Media On The Myth Of 'Ghana's First Car'". Jalopnik.
- ^ potenzaglobalsolutions.com. "Inventory Archive". Kantanka Automobile | Africa's No 1 Choice Automaker. Retrieved 2020-01-11.
- ^ "Ghana News – Safo Kantanka's cars go on sale next month". www.myjoyonline.com. Retrieved 2015-04-22.
- ^ Rogoway, Tyler; Trevithick, Joseph (January 14, 2019). "Ghana's 'Super Soldiers' Wouldn't Win A High School Halloween Costume Contest". www.thedrive.com.
- ^ "Kantanka". Graphic Online.
- ^ Strange Advanced Weapons of Ghana, retrieved 2023-02-07