The Head of Strategic Manufacturing at the Ministry of Trade, Agribusiness and Industry, Kwasi Ofori-Antwi, has disclosed plans by the government to establish an advanced laboratory at Suame Magazine in the Ashanti Region as part of efforts to strengthen Ghana’s growing automotive industry and support local manufacturers.
According to him, the proposed facility will provide critical technical support to artisans and manufacturers operating within Suame Magazine, particularly in the areas of metal alloying, metal analysis and component production.
Ofori-Antwi disclosed the plans while speaking at the Citi Business Festival 2026 Roundtable under the theme, “Driving Ghana Forward: The State of the Automotive Assembly Industry and Its Contribution to the Economy.”
He noted that Suame Magazine, widely regarded as one of the largest industrial and engineering hubs in West Africa, possesses enormous untapped potential that could play a significant role in supporting vehicle assembly and component manufacturing in Ghana.
“We have an artisanal industry which will be very important to our automotive industry. When we brought those who are helping us develop the policy and we took them to Suame Magazine, they were very amazed to see the potential that we had at Suame Magazine.
“So for Suame Magazine, we are looking at establishing an advanced laboratory for them so that it can help them with the alloying of their metals, metal analyses and also post-component manufacturing.”
The initiative forms part of broader government efforts to integrate Ghana’s informal manufacturing sector into the country’s automotive industrialisation agenda.
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