Why is it so difficult for Africans to support their own? – Kantanka CEO asks

The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Kantanka Automobile Company, Kwadwo Safo Jnr, has questioned the lack of loyalty and support from Africans for Africans businesses and African-made products.

“Why is it so difficult for Africans to support their own?” he tweeted.

He asked the question on Friday in reaction to a move by the government to allow German Automobile Company Volkswagen to set up a car assembly plant in Ghana.

At a joint press briefing held as part of the visit of the German Chancellor, Angela Merkel to Ghana, President Nana Akufo-Addo indicated that there was an agreement between Volkswagen, the Government and a local company on the assembly plant.

“There are so many areas that our bilateral relationship has offered us, but the key part of it for me is the emphasis on investment and trade cooperation,” President Akufo-Addo said.

But Safo Jnr. who said his company is not scared of any competition the German automobile company may pose to them, only advised the Nana Akufo-Addo government to make policies that will grow Ghanaian industries and protect them.

“Mr. President. The only thing we need is good policies to protect the automobile industry and help grow our local industries. To anyone that thinks @KantankaAuto is scared of competition. We are not. I simply want better policies for our auto industry,” he added.

Source: citinewsroom.com