In this edition of our Technology and Innovation Tuesday (#TIT), we take a look at the growth of smartphones in Africa and African companies attempting to produce these devices in the continent.
The mobile telephony industry has evolved over the years with a transition from feature phones to smartphones. Smartphones have gained huge popularity worldwide and have become a viable business venture.
The biggest producers of smartphones are Apple, Samsung, Nokia, Huawei and many others with little or none from the African continent which is considered to be the fastest growing mobile market with an estimated half a billion unique mobile subscribers by 2020, according to the 2017 Mobile Economy report by the GSM Association (GSMA) trade organisation.
These big phone producers outside the continent have also capitalized on the market to produce lower-priced smartphones. However, some few African companies have made attempts to mass produce cheaper smartphones for Africans.
Many of these African companies either import the smartphones built for them in China or import the parts from China and assemble them locally. Some have claimed to be producing “Made In Africa” phones, but the tag has become more of a cliche to represent assembly.
Here are four African companies that are making attempts to produce phones in Africa.
For Mother's Day, NFL rookie 'Kool-Aid' McKinstry decided to fill her mom’s world with joy…
The National Small Business Week awards ceremony in Washington, D.C., selected Iam C. Tucker of…
Chrishalea Farley, a 39-year-old Instacart driver from McDonough, Georgia, has become an internet sensation after…
When Jennifer Flewellen woke up from a five-year coma in August 2022, her son Daeton,…
A Kentucky high school senior, Emeka “Emmanuel” Mwakadi, who was ordered to return to class…
Meet Thomson Mpinganjira; he is a Malawian entrepreneur who has built a multimillion-dollar empire. The…
Metro Boomin has made history as the first producer to perform at the Great Pyramids,…
Marie Fowler is convinced that God called her to spend the last three years learning…
A 26-year-old Florida man could spend the rest of his life in prison after he…
The oldest living survivor of the Tulsa Race Massacre, Viola Ford Fletcher, was surrounded by…
A 41-year-old Mississippi man was sentenced to death for torturing and murdering his 2-year-old stepson…
Ace Liam, a one-year-old Ghanaian, has clinched the Guinness World Record for the Youngest Male…
Latonya Johnson and her 21-year-old daughter Laila Birchett are celebrating their graduation from Rutgers School…
Tributes have been pouring in from boxing greats for Sherif Lawal who passed away after…
Jordan Benston is the founder, owner, and operator of The Oracle Media, a black female-owned…