Women moving in the city
Scania believes in a gender-balanced workforce that offers equal career opportunities for women and men. In West Africa, Scania is helping to reduce the gender gap in Ghana’s male-dominated transport industry with the support of the German international development organisation Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ). Nearly 100 women have been trained as bus or truck drivers in Accra through the initiatives Women Moving the City and Women Moving Trucks.
Accra has a population of around four million inhabitants, yet professional female drivers represent only a small share of all drivers. Women Moving the City, initiated by Scania West Africa in partnership with the Greater Accra Passenger Transport Executive (GAPTE) and GIZ, addresses this gap by offering tailored training for female bus drivers, including safe and fuel-efficient driving.
In a new phase of the initiative, Scania will train 40 women to become certified mining truck drivers, helping meet the growing demand for qualified drivers in Ghana’s mining sector while further advancing gender equality in the transport industry.