Unveiled at #AfricaInvestmentForum, @MaraGrp announces
the 1st African-made smartphone. In addition to creating thousands of direct jobs, the Maraphone could leverage the potential of Africa’s mobile money industry, projected to top $14 billion by 2020.
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#AfricaInvestmentForum: "We have over 400 million smartphones in #Africa. Within a few years this number will exceed a billion. But none of these are made in Africa. We are the consumers but we're not the value creators". " - Ashish Thakkar, Founder of Mara Group. @AfDB_Group
Made in Africa, by Africans! @AshishJThakkar chair of the Presidential Youth Advisory Group makes huge announcement at #AfricaInvestmentForum: a new smart phone manufactured entirely in #Africa, produced by the @MaraGrp. "The way the USA has #Apple, now Africa has Mara," he said.
We're at the launch of the first indigenous high quality and affordable African mobile phone, developed by Mara Group. Join us here via #AfricaInvestmentForum
#China has Huawei, Xiaomi; the U.S has iPhone and finally Africa has Mara phone, says @AshishJThakkar at the launch of Africa's first-ever quality and affordable mobile phone. #AfricaInvestmentForum
'Smart phones are for businesses and Africa is getting smart', says @akin_adesina at the launch of first-ever mobile phone developed in #Africa by Africans. #AfricaInvestmentForum
"By 2020, the value of #Africa’s mobile money industry is projected to top $14 billion. We need African-developed mobile phones to leverage this potential", says @akin_adesina at the launch of Mara phone, the first to be built in #Africa. #AfricaInvestmentForum@AshishJThakkar
"#Africa is a pioneer in the FInTech space. Around half the world’s mobile money providers operate in sub-Saharan #Africa", @akin_adesina lauds #Africa's first-designed quality and affordable mobile phone developed by Mara Group. It's launched at the #AfricaInvestmentForum
@rsenkungu@Marafoundation@AshishJThakkar @RonaKotecha Dear Richard,
Thank you for your enquiry. You can find the book on Amazon, Google Books & Barnes and Noble, it's currently not available on Kindle.
In The Lion Awakes, Ashish brings Africa-with it's dynamism and incredible potential-to life.
Dominic Barton, Global MD McKinsey
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Together with Pres @PaulKagame and Pres Alpha Conde of Guinea, we met the CEO of SoftBank @masason on the margins of the #AUSummit to discuss investment opportunities in solar energy for the #Continent.
President Kagame, President Alpha Condé of Guinea and AU Chairperson @AUC_MoussaFaki meet with the CEO of SoftBank @masason to discuss investment in solar energy in Africa on the sidelines of the #AUSummit