AAAM - African Association of Automotive Manufacturers Congratulates Volkswagen Ghana on the opening of their new Assembly Facility.

AAAM was strongly represented at today’s opening of the new Volkswagen Assembly Facility near the Port of Tema in Accra by Dave Coffey, AAAM’s CEO as well as Victoria Backhaus-Jerling; Bernhard Manson-Kullin, and Issaka L. Tetteh, PhD. who were on hand to congratulate Martina Biene, Chairperson and Managing Director of Volkswagen Group South Africa and Jeffrey J. O. Peprah, CEO for Volkswagen Ghana on this important milestone for VW Ghana.

Volkswagen was first automotive company to be registered under the Ghana Automotive Development Programme (GADP), this new investment strengthens the brand’s presence in the country and the region.

The AAAM team are in Ghana hosting a study tour of potential automotive investors and interested stakeholders and took the opportunity to visit the new VW Assembly Facility and attend the official opening.

Volkswagen has taken over the new vehicle assembly responsibility from its licensed importer in Ghana, Universal Motors Limited (UML).

UML was awarded the assembly contract when Volkswagen officially established Volkswagen Ghana, a 100% Volkswagen subsidiary, in August 2020. UML assembled models such as Tiguan, Teramont, Passat, Polo, Amarok and T-Cross on behalf of Volkswagen using Semi-Knocked Down (SKD) assembly kits imported from South Africa. 

The new 5 000m² vehicle assembly facility is located near the Port of Tema in Accra. It has an installed capacity to assemble 5 000 units per annum. The facility will assemble T-Cross, Tiguan, Amarok and Virtus. In the beginning, the new assembly facility will create about 80 jobs including local third-party service suppliers.

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