Ghana has started building armored vehicles, called Cash-in-Transit (CIT) trucks, to keep large sums of money being moved by banks secure and protected from robbery attacks.
The first four vehicles have been equipped by DIHOC-KENAKI Manufacturing Company Limited (DIKMAC) at its facility in Accra and are ready for use.
DIHOC, a business arm of the Ghana Armed Forces, and Kenaki Manufacturing Company Limited have formed a joint venture called DIKMAC. President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Ado inspected the vehicles during the 2022 end-of-year gathering for the Ghana Armed Forces. The armored trucks will soon be on the roads, with a bank having already arranged to purchase one.
The joint venture received technical support from Israel Aerospace Industries to establish the facility and address the issue of armed attacks on bullion vehicles, which had become a national catastrophe in 2021. The DIKMAC trucks will be accompanied by a control center that monitors their movements and can retrofit current "soft-skin" CIT vehicles to meet the armoring requirements of the Bank of Ghana.
The Armed Forces Council has endorsed the DIKMAC CIT following stakeholder interactions with the Bank of Ghana, the Ghana Police Service, and the Ghana Association of Bankers. The plan is part of efforts to make the Forces self-sufficient..
