Terra Industries, the African defence technology company building autonomous security systems to protect the continent and its critical infrastructure, today announced the construction of Pax-2, its second manufacturing facility.
The 34,000-square-foot drone manufacturing facility, located in Accra, Ghana, will serve as Terra Industries’ primary regional defence manufacturing base for drone and counter-drone systems.
This announcement follows Terra’s $34 million raise to scale manufacturing capacity, accelerate deployments, and grow its engineering teams across Nigeria and allied African countries.
Pax-2, Terra’s second Pax Factory, follows the 15,000 sq. ft. Pax-1 flagship in Abuja, Nigeria. Once fully operational, Pax-2 will be the largest drone factory on the continent (surpassing Pax-1). The facility is expected to reach an annual capacity of 50,000 units across Terra’s aerial systems portfolio by 2028.
The Ghana facility will create 120 engineering jobs and operate on a continuous production schedule to meet rising demand for these systems across the region. These include the Archer VTOL, a long-range surveillance and strike platform; the Iroko UAV, designed for rapid tactical deployment; and Terra’s newest addition, Kama, a high-speed interceptor drone built for counter-drone defence. Capable of speeds of up to 300 kilometres per hour, Kama is engineered for high-volume production to address the growing need for kinetic interception capabilities.
This move into Ghana advances Terra’s mission to build Africa’s sovereign defense-industrial base. At the same time, it comes amid a shift in modern conflict across the Sahel and sub-Saharan Africa, where non-state actors are increasingly deploying modified commercial and fiber-optic drones as attack systems. These tactics, seen in recent conflicts in the Middle East and Eastern Europe, are accelerating demand for integrated defence systems that combine surveillance, electronic warfare, and kinetic response.
Nathan Nwachuku, co-founder and CEO of Terra Industries, said, “The only way Africa can have lasting peace is by uniting to build sovereign defence, not by relying on foreign security architecture. We need to control our own destiny by building the tools and systems needed to protect ourselves. That’s how this continent defeats terrorism. This is the beginning of that vision playing out more concretely, and we chose Ghana for Pax-2 because of its talent, strategic position, and political will to become a serious defence exporter and prove that this can be done at scale.”
Construction on Pax-2 is currently in its final phase and the facility is expected to be fully operational by the end of June 2026.
The Pax Factories network is central to Terra Industries’ long-term vision of Pax Africana: bringing lasting peace to the continent through African security sovereignty, a future in which Africa builds, deploys, and controls its own defence technology.
