A country's economy will improve if it has the top 5 automobile companies. Ghana is on its way to making a name for itself. Ghana is becoming the blooming for automobile companies from across the globe. The government is trying to make a stable and sustainable automotive industry.
The president of Ghana, Mr. Nana Afuko-Addo, is making policies that support the multinational and best car manufacturing companies to set up their assembling plants in Ghana. These policies will lower the costs of cars for the people of Ghana and result in immense growth in employment.
A country's economy will grow stronger when there are top 5 automobile companies assembling the cars locally. The companies include some of the most well-known and trusted names in the automotive industry worldwide.
- Volkswagen
- Toyota
- Nissan
- Hyundai
- The Stellaris Group
The Policies
President Afuko-Addo has been a hero for Ghana who is promoting the local assembling plants in Ghana for multinational automotive companies. The president stated, “If Volkswagen moves, other auxiliary German companies will also establish in the nearby areas. If Nissan moves, other Japanese Automobile companies and auxiliary companies will also move."
As he indicates, many other auxiliary companies will follow suit and want to open branches in the same country as the famous company. This will lead to a lot more economical and fiscal stability. The funds and investments will guarantee growth on a larger scale.
He took a step in the right direction when different renowned companies started setting up their assembling plants in Ghana. As a result, there are a few more car manufacturing companies with plants in the completion stage in Ghana, KIA, Isuzu, and Hyundai. Their commercial production plants are in the finishing stages of the plants leading to a higher percentage of employment in Ghana and lowered prices of cars available locally.
The policies that were made to bring in the companies include:
- The favorable industrial environment in the recent past 5 years
- Policy regarding automotive development that offers great fiscal advantages
- A lucrative ecology for the car manufacturing and assembling industry
- Government support for all the stakeholders in the automotive industry
- Vehicle financing scheme to enable Ghanaians to purchase locally assembled cars
These and many more such policies are being formed to keep Ghana attractive to all the best and top automobile companies worldwide. President Afuko-Addo proudly claims that Ghana has 5 out of the top 6 automotive manufacturers worldwide.
Applauding the efforts of the President of Ghana, a valuable person of Nissan Africa, the Managing Director, Mr. Whitfield, stated, "The new Nissan assembling plant situated in Ghana, West Africa is the most modern plant." He also showed faith in the government's policies by stating that the plant was possible only because of the safe environment provided by President Afuko-Addo in Tema, Ghana.
The efforts are worth praising and have started to bear sweet fruits already.