Nana Afua Serwaa Adusei also known as “SheCanic” joined a group of Ghanaians who dared to embark on an adventurous road trip, driving from Accra to London.
As a Mechanic Engineer on a mission to understand the mechanics of automobiles over various terrains and climates, Nana Afua was the only female to join the adventure.
She joined the Wanderlust Geng on a 5650-kilometer journey from Ghana to Morocco to allowed her to experience how cars perform in different weather conditions, pushing the boundaries of her expertise.
With this new experience, she can now help her clients make informed decisions when buying their dream cars.
In the field of vocational and creative skills education, she is a visionary and a pioneering advocate.
She is the founder and inspiration behind the Shecanic movement, and it is her unwavering goal to inspire young girls to shun gender stereotypes and embrace their love of cars and mechanics.
Nana Afua aspires to break the glass ceiling, especially in male-dominated industries like STEM, with a firm view that vocational education is not just for school dropouts. She is devoted to fostering a love of STEM in young girls and challenging social norms.
Through coaching and advocacy, Nana Afua aims to enable many women to launch their own businesses in the auto industry where her influence is most apparent.
Nana Afua serves as an inspiration and a symbol of empowerment for her visionary leadership and tireless pursuit of equality.
She serves as a reminder that real success comes from helping people overcome obstacles and move toward a future that is more inclusive and diverse as well as breaking barriers.
Wanderlust Ghana is a group of philanthropists and tourism enthusiasts. They started the expedition of driving from one continent to the other from Accra on Sunday, July 23, 2023, through Aburi, Nsawam, Kumasi, and Sunyani to Dormaa and then entered Cote d’Ivoire via Gonokrom.
They were 12 people when they started the journey but one person dropped off in Senegal because of work-related reasons and two others also dropped off in Morocco.
By Friday, August 4, 2023, they were on the outskirts of Monaco in Europe and were about to enter France, having moved through five African countries, Cote d’Ivoire, Mali, Senegal, Mauritania, and Morocco and entered Europe by ferry on the Mediterranean to Algeciras in Spain, before driving to Barcelona via Valencia. They spent three days in the country in Morocco.
They reached their destination of London on Sunday, August 6.