One of China’s Largest Arms Companies Pitches Ghana’s Navy on New Defense Tech

Fang Xu, head of the Africa department at Chinese arms major CATIC, met with Chief of the Naval Staff of the Ghana Navy, Rear Admiral Godwin Livinus Bessing, at the Naval Headquarters in Accra on June 2, 2025. Image via the Ghana Navy.

Representatives from one of China’s largest weapons manufacturers paid a courtesy call to the head of the Ghanaian navy earlier this month to discuss “potential avenues for future collaboration.“

Fang Xu, head of the Africa department at the China National Aero-Technology Import & Export Corporation (CATIC) met with Chief of the Naval Staff of the Ghana Navy, Rear Admiral Godwin Livinus Bessing, at the Naval Headquarters in Accra to pitch the company’s latest defense technology solutions for Ghana’s small naval force.

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