Kojo Sarfo

Apostle Kojo Sarfo (also spelt Safo) is a Ghanaian pastor, philanthropist, entrepreneur, innovator and inventor.,^[1][2]

He was born on 6 August 1948 at Bekwai in the Ashanti Region of Ghana. He initially became known in Ghana as the founder of Kristo Asafo Christ Reformed Church which he founded in February 1971.^[3]

Initially the Church which adheres to worship on Saturday as the Sabbath day was known for using its members to work on farms and give the food as food aid to needy society under its ideology of Service to Mankind is Service to God.^[4]

The Church held annual fairs where its products were shown to the public. This also included an exhibition of technological innovations. Which included various electronic items including gadgets like Televisions and Radios which could be operated just by the wave of the hand.

Eventually, he moved into the provision of vehicles under the Kantanka brand. (Kantanka is the Akan nickname for people named Safo. The vehicles are being produced under a new company named Great Kosa Company.^[5]

The company which imported an assembly line from China to aid in mass production of the vehicle has said it will begin commercial production of the vehicle for the Ghanaian market in early 2015 after final certification from Ghana's Driver and Vehicle Licensing Authority, DVLA.

One of Kojo Sarfo's daughters Sarah Adwoa Safo^[6] won the 2012 Ghanaian General elections to become the member of parliament for the Dome-Kwabenya Constituency^[7]

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