The newest rave for the Africans consumers is the new and improved Smartphone made in Africa. KaiOS Technologies have bought a super charged phone to the market which with the sole concept of affordability. This new phone will cost around 20-25 dollars!
The main problem that the continent faced was that the young generation could not afford a phone and often walked around with broken age-old phones. The introduction of Smartphone will be powered by KaiOS and will revolutionize the concept of availability of phones. Smartphones will be owned by everyone! This will not only be a device to call, send texts or use the internet but also define social groups and structures and directly affect the GDP of the country.
The concept of smartphone made in africa for the African people is an extremely impressive and interesting concept. The South African telecommunications company MTN has collaborated with the giant company China Mobile to introduce a mobile phone that is for everyone. The android Smartphone is packed with WiFi, Bluetooth and Google Connectivity and provides access to all the social networks. The display and sound of the phone is a great experience and comes with a front and rear camera! The mobile has a long battery life, owning to the frequent power outages that are common in Africa.
Get to Know the Companies
If you are not familiar with companies like MTN and China Mobile, do look into some facts:
- MTN has over 225 million subscribers just in countries like Syria, Afghanistan, Iraq and Yemen.
- MTN is the 11th largest mobile operator in the world.
- California based KaiOS technologies is famous for creating operating systems in smartphones. They are most successful in India.
- China Mobile has 700 million customers all over the world.
- China Mobile has a huge fan base in Africa selling over 100 million mobile phones with UNISOC chips.
Concept of Phone Purse
In many African countries the concept of phone purse is introduced, whereby you can use your phone as a wallet to pay for different kinds of services like gas, bill payment, insurance, taxi fares, shopping and more. This financial service is called M-Pesa. M-Pesa was introduced by Safaricom, a subsidiary of Vodafone.
A survey conducted states that over 70% adults in many cities of Africa like Senegal, Kenya, Nigeria and Rwanda uses M-Pesa in their daily life. With the new smartphone made in africa, available to all, this figure is estimated to double just within a few months. The popularity of Smartphone in neighbouring countries has also increased its demand in Africa. This is also said to increase the gross capita per income in the country.
In the year 2015 only 27% of Africans owned a Smartphone, but with the affordable android smartphone by the smart collaboration of MTN and China Mobile, is said to increase by 50% in the entire Sub-Saharan region by the year 2025. This is a bit step by the companies in Africa to improve their economic and social condition of the country. Africa; Still developing will take a foot further in their overall growth.
