South Africa to start building affordable smartphones

[Petec]

Most replies here seem to forget that yes, while the components are manufactured in China at very cheap rates, where do some of the important raw materials come from?

Coltan from the DRC, and Platinum and Arsenic materials from South Africa and Zim, etc.

Africa can be a very big player in the mobile device market, if it really wants to.
Methinx that time has arrived.

 

[ekske1]

Most replies here seem to forget that yes, while the components are manufactured in China at very cheap rates, where do some of the important raw materials come from?

Coltan from the DRC, and Platinum and Arsenic materials from South Africa and Zim, etc.

Africa can be a very big player in the mobile device market, if it really wants to.
Methinx that time has arrived.

Let me quickly redistribute that land for you.

 

[Milano]

Most replies here seem to forget that yes, while the components are manufactured in China at very cheap rates, where do some of the important raw materials come from?

Coltan from the DRC, and Platinum and Arsenic materials from South Africa and Zim, etc.

Africa can be a very big player in the mobile device market, if it really wants to.
Methinx that time has arrived.

Did you forget REE's from China?

 

[Swa]

Most replies here seem to forget that yes, while the components are manufactured in China at very cheap rates, where do some of the important raw materials come from?

Coltan from the DRC, and Platinum and Arsenic materials from South Africa and Zim, etc.

Africa can be a very big player in the mobile device market, if it really wants to.
Methinx that time has arrived.

People seem to miss the point that you won't pay import tax (might even get a tax rebate on components) in SA and that it's a continuous stream of money flowing in as well as real job creation and not the government sponsored kind. Pity the ANC is screwing the country up so much that there aren't more investments like this but it's better to be thankful for every bit there is.

 

[ThinkCentre]

It will fail just because of that name.

I don't want no Mara phone...

Would you like a Fara then?

 

[JustAsk]

Really? Read the article again, slowly. Look for the words "African Development Bank".

And what do banks do, Einstein?