Ghana's car goes through first testing in Holland

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MARTIN AKA 4RINA 10 years ago

The Ghanaian black man is equally good as the white, no doubt that with even limited resources, we have shown that we can equally do it. GOD BLESS GHANA, GOD BLESS AFRICA.

The Ghanaian black man is equally good as the white, no doubt that with even limited resources, we have shown that we can equally do it. GOD BLESS GHANA, GOD BLESS AFRICA.
Princess 10 years ago

Finally, a heartwarming news about ghana & not the visionless, corrupt, greedy, incompetent & useless politicians ruining our beloved country.

Finally, a heartwarming news about ghana & not the visionless, corrupt, greedy, incompetent & useless politicians ruining our beloved country.
GHFUO, BE SERIOUS NOT PRIDEFUL! 10 years ago

AUTOMOBILE INDUSTRY IN GHANA!
The Dutch Government committed to absorb the cost of testing the roadworthiness of the SMATI Turtle 1 prototype vehicle in the Netherlands.
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AUTOMOBILE INDUSTRY IN GHANA!
The Dutch Government committed to absorb the cost of testing the roadworthiness of the SMATI Turtle 1 prototype vehicle in the Netherlands.
According to the Dutch counterpart team leader, Melle Smets, the inspectors were very impressed with the rare engineering ingenuity exhibited by the artisans in the creation of this unique car model.
“They wondered how such a rare engineering height could be achieved in the design and construction of the vehicle without any sophisticated manufacturing machinery within a very limited time of two and half months”, he stated. “There was a general acknowledgement that given the conditions under which the car was manufactured, it is a major boost to the creation of an African automobile brand”
GH GOVT, WHY DONT U INVEST IN THIS GH AUTOMOBILE SECTOR. AH!....
THIS IS WHY WE HAVE ALLTHESE NATURAL RESOURCES. USE THEM TO SUPPORT INDIGENOUS BUSINESSES LIKE THESE..
Kuntu Blankson 10 years ago

What happened to the Christo Asafo car

What happened to the Christo Asafo car
ffonky 10 years ago

we can built on this-
God bless Ghana

we can built on this-
God bless Ghana
joel 10 years ago

I am speachless and I can only say bravo bravo bravo. I am proud of you all that is involved, God Bless Ghana

I am speachless and I can only say bravo bravo bravo. I am proud of you all that is involved, God Bless Ghana
Bashman 10 years ago

Aside the name, which doesn't say anything Ghanaian about the car, I think it is a commendable moved. I sold scraps at Magazine after SSS, and I saw the potential of those self made artisans. It is out self-doubt and pessimis ...
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Aside the name, which doesn't say anything Ghanaian about the car, I think it is a commendable moved. I sold scraps at Magazine after SSS, and I saw the potential of those self made artisans. It is out self-doubt and pessimism that have often stopped us from matching the whiteman. Why can't the world have a car that that can be traced to Ghana like TATA is traced to India and the rest
Africanus 10 years ago

This is what Ghanaians should be talking about, not NDC and NPP politics of deception and division.

This is what Ghanaians should be talking about, not NDC and NPP politics of deception and division.
Activist 10 years ago

But watch out that the Chinese won't tap the local know-how patent technology used to make a mass-production fake-copy cheaper models of their own to enable them to flood them on our markets in future.
So go quickly for ...
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But watch out that the Chinese won't tap the local know-how patent technology used to make a mass-production fake-copy cheaper models of their own to enable them to flood them on our markets in future.
So go quickly for a patent rights protection & copyright registration.
The Chinese are smart to tap & copy even registered patents, as they did & still doing to the western world inventors & manufacturers.
Protect & preserve your assets of knowledge & inject more local innovative ideas into this maiden initiative project.
Keep it up, guys!!!
Ogo 10 years ago

I am looking for one to buy right away.

I am looking for one to buy right away.
MENSAH 10 years ago

YOU WILL NEVER OUTGROW WARFARE,YOU MUST SIMPLY LEARN TO FIGHT.
Rome was not built in a day.
Little by little,we will reach there.
It takes our dexterity,uncompromising spirit,the poise to win,passion,faith and I can do men ...
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YOU WILL NEVER OUTGROW WARFARE,YOU MUST SIMPLY LEARN TO FIGHT.
Rome was not built in a day.
Little by little,we will reach there.
It takes our dexterity,uncompromising spirit,the poise to win,passion,faith and I can do mentality,to cross the finish line.
It's about time we started something new,that we could count on,though the challenges might be there.

HE WHO DOES NOT STAND FOR SOMETHING,FALLS FOR EVERYTHING IN THE END.

Let's rally behind these guys at MAGAZINE,with the last breath we have,for them to win.
CHAMPIONS NORMALLY DO WHAT THEY DISLIKE,TO GENERATE WHAT THEY LOVE THE MOST.
CHAMPIONS DO DAILY,WHAT LOSERS DO OCCASIONALLY.
These guys should focus on what they are embarking on,but never compromise their effort,in succumbing to any distraction.
JOSEPH REACHED IN A DAY,BUT WHAT TOOK THE BUTLER,A LIFETIME.

WE CAN WIN IN THE END,IF WE WOULD NOT FAINT.
GOD BLESS THESE ABLE GUYS AND GIVE THEM MORE INNOVATIVE IDEAS,THAT WILL HELP THEM WIN,AND WIN BIG FOR AFRICA.
IN JESUS' NAME,

AMEN.
John Azure. 10 years ago

I am impressed. Go Ghana Go; Go Africa Go!

I am impressed. Go Ghana Go; Go Africa Go!
John Aserbire. 10 years ago

I AM REALLY IMPRESSED. GO GHANA GO; GO AFRICA GO.

I AM REALLY IMPRESSED. GO GHANA GO; GO AFRICA GO.
VICKY LEE BENTON. 10 years ago

KUDOS TO YOU GUYS, & KUDOS TO THE DUTCH WHO BELIEVES IN YOU GUYS.
YOU HAVE PROVED THAT YOU CAN DO ANYTHING WHEN GIVING A CHANCE.

KUDOS TO YOU GUYS, & KUDOS TO THE DUTCH WHO BELIEVES IN YOU GUYS.
YOU HAVE PROVED THAT YOU CAN DO ANYTHING WHEN GIVING A CHANCE.
kbla 10 years ago

Congratulation....am vry proud to be a ghanaian...am ready to buy n use made in ghana car

Congratulation....am vry proud to be a ghanaian...am ready to buy n use made in ghana car
CONCERNED CITIZEN 10 years ago

I'm just elated.We have the potential.Fellow Ghanaians, let's eschew negative tendencies,co-exist peacefully and work together in harmony to build our nation for the benefit of all.

Thank you Aardschap Foundation,thank you ...
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I'm just elated.We have the potential.Fellow Ghanaians, let's eschew negative tendencies,co-exist peacefully and work together in harmony to build our nation for the benefit of all.

Thank you Aardschap Foundation,thank you Dutch Government.
CITIZEN ONE 10 years ago

Please show me the blueprint for the manufacture of this prototype. These by-heart village boys, slightly educated in Accra think they can show off their street cart and deceive the wise.

Show me a wheelbarrow design. Show ...
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Please show me the blueprint for the manufacture of this prototype. These by-heart village boys, slightly educated in Accra think they can show off their street cart and deceive the wise.

Show me a wheelbarrow design. Show me a bicycle design or even a cutlass, and stop that ADINKRA and KENTE shit. I swear, the emblem on the vehicle won't be anything original but some ignorant Akan Symbol, and chances are there will be some Kente motif in the interior instead of some standard leather or fine durable fabric. White people did not create leather and all finer things in life are not a Whiteman's invention. Stop acting as though for Ghana to survive, be noticed and flourish, we have to have these staples - Kente, Adinkra, Akwabaa, Fufu and Twi. How limited and backward can we go?

What is the engine capacity, where was the engine built, what about the breaking system? Is this all path work from American and European vehicles, or indeed some smart kids got together and created the design concept.

I don't trust my own people. The citizens are worse than our politicians, all crooked, lying, disingenuous people.

Of course it can be done, but not from these trashy folks. I saw that aircraft this Ghanaian kid tried to piece together, and it was some junkyard hobbyist getting attention.

I am also almost certain that the left side of this vehicle is asymmetrical to the right side, because in all of my life, I have never sat at a Ghanaian 4-legged table that never rocks from side to side. We are not thinkers, just make-believers.

Of course I want to see us build our own mechanical tools and engineer machines, but I want fellow citizens with exotic taste to grasp at the opportunity not these Suame/Kokonpee misfits.

And finally, if you think I need or expect anyone to agree with me, you must be crazy. Ghanaians are sick in the head 15 to 20.
CITIZEN ONE 10 years ago

The windshield is not necessary a door, even if it opens out. I am certain the Jeep has such features.

I also hope they used chrome plating on the "Turtle" symbol, instead of cutting it out of some sheet metal and sanding ...
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The windshield is not necessary a door, even if it opens out. I am certain the Jeep has such features.

I also hope they used chrome plating on the "Turtle" symbol, instead of cutting it out of some sheet metal and sanding the sides. I will not tolerate crudeness and mediocrity, until then, I remain PESSIMISTIC about anything developed in manufactured in Ghana
mk 10 years ago

what's your point? The Chinese and Koreans started the same way..and now are building expensive cars...being bought by brainwashed Africans like you.

Rather you shut up...if you do not trust urn folks to start with baby s ...
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what's your point? The Chinese and Koreans started the same way..and now are building expensive cars...being bought by brainwashed Africans like you.

Rather you shut up...if you do not trust urn folks to start with baby steps...no matter hip crude
truth 10 years ago

Dr. Nduom mentioned that if he was elected, local artisans in Suame and others would be supported and all hell broke loose. He was insulted but this could be done. Ghanaians are our own enemies a lot of times.

Dr. Nduom mentioned that if he was elected, local artisans in Suame and others would be supported and all hell broke loose. He was insulted but this could be done. Ghanaians are our own enemies a lot of times.
GHFUO, BE SERIOUS NOT PRIDEFUL! 10 years ago

JUST LIKE DR. NKRUMAH. THE PROBLEM IS WE HAVE TOO MANY IDIOTS, ILLITERATES WHO CAN TELL THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN FLOUR N KOKONTE POWDER...BUTTER BREAD N TEA BREAD.....ORANGE N TANGERINE....

JUST LIKE DR. NKRUMAH. THE PROBLEM IS WE HAVE TOO MANY IDIOTS, ILLITERATES WHO CAN TELL THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN FLOUR N KOKONTE POWDER...BUTTER BREAD N TEA BREAD.....ORANGE N TANGERINE....
Ewusi 10 years ago

If educated ones can't come up and Suame people have started why not?Check the history of invention and judge yourself if you are correct.

If educated ones can't come up and Suame people have started why not?Check the history of invention and judge yourself if you are correct.
Ibi 'im 10 years ago

You see your own fellow blackman's bacward-ever mindset of mentality?
How can we move forward to develop with this kind of 'skin-pain' among ourselves?
Can this book-long CITIZEN ONE even tell us the thicknes ...
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You see your own fellow blackman's bacward-ever mindset of mentality?
How can we move forward to develop with this kind of 'skin-pain' among ourselves?
Can this book-long CITIZEN ONE even tell us the thickness measurement of a single hair on his head (if he's not one of the empty big bald-headed bureaucrats?)
Maxbaff welding and general works, Nk 10 years ago

Add us to ur project, for more innovation. Maxbaff innovation center nkz

Add us to ur project, for more innovation. Maxbaff innovation center nkz
jagadu 10 years ago

They should start seeking funds from individuals in Ghana. A company should be formed and shares floated in the Ghana Stock Exchange so Ghanaians can invest in the company to bring the needed resources to move this great acco ...
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They should start seeking funds from individuals in Ghana. A company should be formed and shares floated in the Ghana Stock Exchange so Ghanaians can invest in the company to bring the needed resources to move this great accomplishment forward. I know I am ready to buy shares to help this idea move forward.
james naru 10 years ago

I am impressed with what has been achieved.
Please count me in to support the project technically and commercially.

Our leaders should embrace this initiative and support it.
South Korea and Malaysia have done it.
YES W ...
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I am impressed with what has been achieved.
Please count me in to support the project technically and commercially.

Our leaders should embrace this initiative and support it.
South Korea and Malaysia have done it.
YES WE CAN TOO
G.A 10 years ago

Ghana we must learn from countrys like India Malaysia and Thailand.We always compier ourselfes with Uk or America

Ghana we must learn from countrys like India Malaysia and Thailand.We always compier ourselfes with Uk or America
Mr. goodman Accra 10 years ago

Good may God bless our technisians and give them to knowldge so as to grow on their thoughts and this product.
Now its up to the ghanaian government and politicians, to stop the urgly politic and think tank. it up to our g ...
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Good may God bless our technisians and give them to knowldge so as to grow on their thoughts and this product.
Now its up to the ghanaian government and politicians, to stop the urgly politic and think tank. it up to our government, to invest in such developments, if they have already refuse to put in their effors in developing our computer skills. this should be anothe think that they should not let it slip by for the world now needs engineering too. The Government should know now that comon sence thus not only end on bookish, this shows that those scorlarships that Ghana has been wasting on the USTs and Koo-me-ninee. were all waste of our presious dollars. Now a new chapter has been open for expolitation.tap it. for the rest of time.
Activist 10 years ago

I will do my best to go to Utrecht IMPAKT exhibition this October to see this unique 'made in Ghana' car for myself.
I'm compiling a technical data plueprint for them for this day.
These guys deserves so ...
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I will do my best to go to Utrecht IMPAKT exhibition this October to see this unique 'made in Ghana' car for myself.
I'm compiling a technical data plueprint for them for this day.
These guys deserves some kind of award someday as far as I can see now.
Okoe 10 years ago

I know that you crawl before you walk but the name of this vehicle tells a lot. I would have thought however funny the vehicle would look, the inventors should have given it a better sounding name than a turtle. If you are no ...
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I know that you crawl before you walk but the name of this vehicle tells a lot. I would have thought however funny the vehicle would look, the inventors should have given it a better sounding name than a turtle. If you are not inventing the wheel but want to copy you put in something you can write home about. Do not make Ghana a laughing stock with this kind of Turtle stuff.
Steven addae 10 years ago

Good job.

Good job.
Kofi 10 years ago

What I want to ask my fellow Africans and people from the Arab world is that "WHY IS IT THAT ANYTHING GOOD FROM AFRICA AND ARAB WORLD THE GIANT WESTERN MEDIA LIKE BBC,CNN ETC DO NOT SHOW BUT THEY ARE QUICK TO SHOW ONLY NEGATI ...
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What I want to ask my fellow Africans and people from the Arab world is that "WHY IS IT THAT ANYTHING GOOD FROM AFRICA AND ARAB WORLD THE GIANT WESTERN MEDIA LIKE BBC,CNN ETC DO NOT SHOW BUT THEY ARE QUICK TO SHOW ONLY NEGATIVE THINGS LIKE WAR, HUNGER, DISEASE, TERRORISM ETC?"
Dennis S.Offei 10 years ago

i am becoming confident in Ghana....God bless our homeland Ghana ...

i am becoming confident in Ghana....God bless our homeland Ghana ...
Concerned 10 years ago

Well done for the attempt but they need to bring some people from KNUST to assist with the design.They need to bring more curves to enhance the beauty. The bonnet looks nice but the area around the lights can be improved

Well done for the attempt but they need to bring some people from KNUST to assist with the design.They need to bring more curves to enhance the beauty. The bonnet looks nice but the area around the lights can be improved
Sankofa 10 years ago

Congrats to the Suame magazine.

Please develop the vehicle for the local market.

Congrats to the Suame magazine.

Please develop the vehicle for the local market.

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