Automobile manufacturing industry has for years been dominated by men. A team of young female engineers is poised to change the narrative. Solartaxi Ghana is a local start-up helping women contribute to finding greener solutions. The start-up seeks to promote the use of electric vehicles across the country. And these women are at the forefront of driving that ambition. Finding greener solutions in a field traditionally dominated by men, Solartaxi Ghana builds solar and electric automobiles from scratch. For some of these workers, their motivation is to contibute to the Ghana’s automobile industry. For others, it’s reinforcing the old saying what ‘men can do, women can do better’, and they also hope to inspire other women to follow their dreams.
Engaging with the consumer power unit of the electricity company of Ghana, on the possibility of charging all our units across the country. But we as a local assembling company that assembles these electric vehicles here, being the bikes, the tricycles also we are moving towards the cars, we don’t have that support yet. Rising cost of cement is affecting the construction industry. The price of a 50-kilogram bag of cement has nearly doubled in the last two months. Construction engineers have blamed the monopolization of the cement market for the hike in prices. Currently, there are two major cement producers in Africa’s most populous nation. Dangote cement and BUA group. Business Africa has learned that the market only met nearly half of the projected 60 million metric tons of cement in 2020. 47 African nations expected to witness rebound in economic activity in 2021. Kenya, Djibouti, Rwanda, Botswana and Tunisia are expected to lead economic growth in Africa this year.