[kictanet] Rwanda Gets Localls Made/Assemled Handset

[waudo siganga]

It's interesting that this achievement is achieved through RITA,
most probably having been initiated by Dr. Ochuodho. In contrast,
I am still waiting to hear of just one investor, Chinese or
otherwise, who has been lured onto our shores by our friends at
the ICT Board (main mandate to market Kenya as an investment
destination). Why do we not tap into the brains of experienced
persons like Dr. Ochuodho?

Waudo


On Sat, 6 Sep 2008 06:08:51 -0700 (PDT), "Shem Ochuodho" <shemochuodho at ya
hoo.com> said:

  Quoting: Rwanda ICT4D Community Network

  Rwanda get locally made handset -Network World 02/09/2008
  A-Link Technologies, a Chinese electronics company, has unveiled
  its first mobile phone handsets manufactured in Rwanda. This
  makes Rwanda the first country in the region to sell locally
  manufactured mobile phones.
  The manufacturing of the handsets follows a memorandum of
  understanding signed in 2006 between A-Link and the Rwanda
  Information Technology Authority, the country's telecom
  regulator.
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  The company plans to start selling the phones, called "Alira," in
  the 21 countries of the Common Market for Eastern and Southern
  African after they are officially launched in October and once
  production is stepped up, said A-Link CEO Yin Quing Ri.
  "One of the phone models has been programmed with Kinyarwanda
  software so the Rwandese who uses their mother language can
  communicate easily," Ri said.
  So far, the company has produced three models -- the A100, A200
  and A300 -- and promises that several other models are in the
  works.
  The phones feature color screens and radios, among other
  amenities.
  The plant is manufacturing 100 handsets per day, though it has
  the capacity to produce 700 phones per day.
  A-Link began operating in Rwanda last year, as the country is
  positioning itself to be an ICT hub in East Africa.
People make a plan work, a plan alone seldom makes people work (Confucius).

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