Accra to London By Road: Ghanaians React To Kantanka CEO's Claims That Travel Group Did Not Contact Him

Accra to London By Road: Ghanaians React To Kantanka CEO's Claims That Travel Group Did Not Contact Him

  • CEO of Kantanka Automobiles, Nana Kwadwo Safo Jnr, said he did not know about the historic road trip until his name came up in the news
  • He added that no one on his team has confirmed that they were in contact with the Ghanaian expedition group, Wanderlust Ghana
  • Many have shared varying opinions on Kojo Safo Kantanka's claims after his company took a bashing

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Ghanaian Automobile CEO Nana Kwadwo Safo Kantanka Jnr disclosed that contrary to what Wanderlust Ghana said, they did not contact him before the trip for sponsorship.

Speaking to TV3 Ghana, he said he would have loved to partner with them and may have even joined the trip in one of his branded cars.

Safo Kantanka also added that he believed his team if they said they were not contacted by anybody from the Accra-to-London team.

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Accra to London By Road: Ghanaians React To Kantanka CEO's Claims That He Was Not Contacted By Travel Group
A photo collage of Kwadwo Safo Kantanka and Wanderlust Ghana Image credit: @kwadwosafo_jnr @Wanderlust Ghana
Source: Twitter

Peeps reacted To Safo Kantanka, saying that the Accra-to-London team did not contact him

Initially, Ghanaians expressed their disappointment with Wanderlust Ghana for not promoting the Ghanaian automobile manufacturer, Kantanka, on their trip.

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But after they found out that the CEO of Kantanka refused partners, the tides turned to the car company.

aj_digital commented:

From "heads will roll" to "I trust my team" ..... The PR response is a bit late when info about this issue started getting out when they got as far back as Spain.

apostlekwawukumey commented:

Great opportunity lost, no plenty talk biaaaaaa. The guys placed Ghana on the global map of adventure. "Kantanka" should have taken advantage to sell the brand. Charley, we move .......

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godfather__gh commented:

Kantanka, together with their CEO, are not a serious brand

porshmylove commented:

Are you saying the wanderlust team is lying

Click here to watch the CEO of Kantanka's interview on TV3.

Wanderlust team show footage of their historic cross from North Africa into Europe

Previously, YEN.com.gh reported how the Ghanaian travel group crossed the Mediterranean Sea on their journey from Accra to London by road.

On their Facebook page, Wanderlust Ghana posted a video of the team vehicles lined up for onboarding onto the ferry that will take them across the sea into Europe.

The jerry point is on the border point of Morrocco and Spain.

This is the road map used by the Accra-to-London team to cross two continents

In other news, YEN.com.gh reported a group of brave Ghanaian men and women who made an epic road trip from Ghana to the United Kingdom.

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They drove across several word famous cities in twelve countries. They crossed the sea between Africa and Europe to reach their destination.

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Grace Afua Somuah-Annan (Deputy HOD Entertainment) Grace Somuah-Annan is the Deputy HOD of the entertainment desk at YEN with over five years of experience in digital media. She graduated from the Ghana Institute of Journalism (2018) with a bachelor's in Communications (Public Relations). Grace Afua started her professional career as a writer at Pulse Ghana, and editorial assistant at Media General's 3news.com. Email: grace.somuah-annan@yen.com.gh