Member of Parliament for Lambussie and member of Parliament’s Health and Subsidiary Legislation Committees, Professor Titus Beyuo, has raised concerns over the effectiveness of Zipline’s drone delivery services in Ghana.
Speaking on Adom TV’s morning show, Badwam, Prof. Beyuo said the company is performing less than 1 percent of its core mandate, far below expectations.
He explained that Zipline was initially introduced with assurances that it would operate without relying on public funds and deliver critical supplies such as blood and vaccines to hard-to-reach areas.
“Zipline was supposed to rely on corporate partnerships to deliver essential commodities like food and vaccines to critical areas. However, when it was rolled out, it became a government-funded contract with a fixed payment structure,” he said.
Prof. Beyuo highlighted a review conducted by the Health Ministry under the current government, which found that only 12 percent of facilities served by Zipline were in hard-to-reach areas.
He added that the company has been delivering non-essential items, representing less than 1 percent of its core services, and that after six years of operations, there has been “no significant improvement” in Ghana’s vaccine distribution system.
“When the NDC came into power, the Health Minister reviewed Zipline’s operations and found that only a small fraction of facilities served were in hard-to-reach areas. For the rest, our existing supply systems could have sufficed. The delivery of non-essential items, which accounts for less than 1 percent of operations, shows that the core impact of Zipline remains very low,” he said.
Prof. Beyuo’s remarks come as the Ghana Health Service in the Western North Region has instructed district health facilities to prepare for a temporary suspension of operations at Zipline’s Sefwi Wiawso Distribution Centre, effective Tuesday, November 25, 2025. The directive follows an official notice from Fly Zipline Ghana Limited announcing a planned halt in operations.
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