Terra Industries to build Africa’s largest drone factory in Ghana
Terra Industries is building Africa's largest drone factory in Accra, Ghana. The 34,000 sq. ft. Pax-2 facility will produce 50,000 drone units annually by 2028 and create 120 engineering jobs.
Nigerian defence technology startup Terra Industries is building what will be the largest drone manufacturing facility on the African continent — a 34,000-square-foot factory in Accra, Ghana, the company announced today.
The facility, named Pax-2, will serve as Terra’s primary regional manufacturing base for drone and counter-drone systems. Construction is in its final phase, with full operations expected by the end of June 2026.
Once operational, the factory is projected to reach an annual production capacity of 50,000 units across Terra’s aerial systems portfolio by 2028 and to create 120 engineering jobs in Ghana.
Pax-2 is more than twice the size of Terra’s existing 15,000 sq. ft. Pax-1 facility in Abuja, Nigeria, making it the company’s largest plant to date. The announcement follows Terra’s $34 million fundraise, comprising an $11.75 million round in January 2026 led by 8VC, the firm founded by Palantir co-founder Joe Lonsdale, and a subsequent $22 million raise led by Lux Capital, which the company said would go toward scaling manufacturing capacity and growing its engineering teams across Nigeria and allied African countries.
The Ghana factory will produce several of Terra’s key products, including the Archer VTOL, a long-range surveillance and strike platform; the Iroko UAV, designed for rapid tactical deployment; and Kama, the company’s newest addition. Kama is a high-speed interceptor drone capable of reaching 300 kilometres per hour, built specifically for counter-drone defence and engineered for high-volume production.
Africa needs to stop relying on foreign defence architecture
The timing of the expansion reflects the changing security landscape across the continent. Across the Sahel and sub-Saharan Africa, non-state actors are increasingly deploying modified commercial and fibre-optic drones as attack systems, a tactic that has become prevalent in conflicts in the Middle East and Eastern Europe.
Terra’s bet is that this shift will sharply accelerate demand for integrated de...
