Meet Michael Amewornu and his son Benjamin. For these two creative Ghanaians, entrepreneurship runs in the family. As a father and son team, Michael and Benjamin design and weld metal structures for their company, MAK-D Metalworks, in Accra.
Michael Amewornu is an inspired entrepreneur who pours his love, imagination and resourcefulness into his work. He is the proud owner of MAK-D, a Metalworks company he started over 20 years ago. Over the past two decades Michael has designed and repaired a range of metal products from gates and stoves, to ovens. But this innovative entrepreneur’s true passion is the production of speciality tricycles.
Michael Amewornu: Owner of MAK-D Metalworks
Positioned in display lines in front of the MAK-D workshop, Michael showcases his unique three wheeled carts. These tricycles, resembling wheelchairs in the shape of a bicycle, are especially manufactured and designed to be driven by disabled people. Michael, with a humanitarian heart and an inventor’s ingenuity has developed several different prototypes to uplift disabled people in his local community. Disabled drivers are able to sell produce from a specially installed cart which sits in the front, and some of them are even designed with a canopy.
To help his dad succeed in business, and continue with his tricycle project, Benjamin joined MAK-D just after he graduated from university. Like his father, Benjamin shares a passion for industrial design and grew up with an eager interest to assist him in his workshop. Benjamin decided to complete a degree in Engineering so that he could work alongside his father, and improve business efficiency through his education.
Benjamin recently introduced using a computer in the company to generate technical drawings. With the help of technology, MAK-D is able to produce equipment that is precisely cut to scale.For the future, Michael intends to continue improving on his structural designs. He hopes to one day add a motor to the tricycles to make them more user-friendly for his clientele. With innovative ideas, a passion for his trade and a genuine care for his community, Michael Amewornu is a true entrepreneur.
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- Michael Amewornu: Owner of MAK-D Metalworks
