A Nigerian defense‑technology company specialising in drones and autonomous security systems, Terra Industries, has announced plans to establish a new production facility in Ghana to expand its manufacturing footprint and serve the growing regional demand for indigenous defense systems. The project, named “Pax‑2,” will be built on a 3,150‑square‑metre site in Accra and is set to become the company’s main regional base for the production of surveillance and combat‑drone systems and associated counter‑drone technologies.
Pax‑2 will complement Terra’s existing “Pax‑1” production unit in Abuja, Nigeria, which the company describes as the foundation of its sovereign‑defence‑industry strategy. The new facility is expected to boost annual output to about 50,000 units by 2028, positioning the company as one of Africa’s largest locally owned drone manufacturers. The plant is scheduled for commissioning by the end of June 2026 and is projected to create around 120 skilled engineering and technical jobs, operating continuously to meet rising demand for aerial and ground‑based defense systems across the continent.
The company’s product range includes the Archer VTOL, a long‑range surveillance and strike drone; the Iroko, a compact, rapidly deployable tactical drone; and Kama, a high‑speed interceptor designed specifically for counter‑drone operations to protect critical infrastructure such as energy facilities, airports, and urban centres. Terra Industries develops additional solutions such as unmanned ground vehicles, autonomous surveillance towers, and maritime monitoring systems, integrating them through its proprietary software platform, ArtemisOS, which enables real‑time threat detection, autonomous mission planning, and coordinated multi‑domain operations.
The Ghana expansion follows two funding rounds in January and February 2026 that raised a combined 34 million dollars, which the company intends to use for industrial scale‑up and the strengthening of its technical workforce in Africa. Chief Executive Officer Nathan Nwachuku, who co‑founded Terra Industries with Maxwell Maduka in 2024, said the move is part of a broader mission to build a sovereign African defence‑industrial base rather than rely indefinitely on foreign security models. “The only way for Africa to achieve lasting peace is to unite to build a sovereign defence, rather than depend on a foreign security architecture,” Nwachuku said, arguing that locally made tools and systems are essential to defeating terrorism and other asymmetric threats.
Terra Industries reports that its systems are already deployed across multiple sites in Africa, securing infrastructure worth approximately 11 billion dollars and supporting projects in the public and private sectors, including power plants in Nigeria and mining operations in Nigeria and Ghana. The company is also expanding its footprint into cross‑border security and counter‑terrorism operations, underscoring how African‑owned technology firms are beginning to play a central role in the continent’s evolving security architecture.