[kictanet] Rwanda Gets Localls Made/Assemled Handset

[aki]

Shem,

Thank you for the email on the development in Rwanda.Could
the metal COLTAN be the driving force of rwandan initiative to manufacture
cellphones. This seems like an excellent way to tap into local resources for
technology manufacture and to have development policies based around it.
Rather than focus completely on exports of the raw material etc, producing a
finished product would increase revenue.

According to articles on the net, Coltan, short for Columbite-tantalite is a
metallic ore comprising Niobium and Tantalum. When refined, coltan becomes a
heat resistant powder, metallic tantalum which has unique properties for
storing electrical charge. It is therefore a vital component in the
capacitors that control current flow in cell phone circuit boards.

Just my thoughts.....

Aki.
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