Ladybird's all-women team drive 47,000-litre trucks, delivering fuel to Ghana's gold mines.
TAKORADI - Rumbling along the rutted roads of Ghana at the wheel of her giant truck, Abigail Asumadu-Amoah turns heads but keeps her focus.
"Drive defensively and carefully," Asumadu-Amoah said, of her approach to her work, as she waited for her tanker to fill with fuel from a depot in the coastal port of Takoradi, some 225 kilometres west of Ghana's capital, Accra.Nearly 8% of men in Ghana work in the transport and storage sector, according to government figures, compared to only 0.3% of women.
Looking for a solution, he said he realised that something new was needed and that hiring women could be the answer. Based in Takoradi, Ladybird, which is owned by a group of shareholders, covers three routes currently, the longest of which takes about seven hours.The drivers, aged between 28 and 45, were all experienced and licensed to drive heavy goods vehicles, many as bus drivers.
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