MTN to buy one million Ugandan manufactured smartphones.
MTN Uganda has pledged to support local assembly and manufacturing of smartphones by purchasing one million handsets. Smartphone penetration is still below 40% in the country and lowering the cost of handsets will go a long way to improve overall penetration.
Speaking at the second Uganda – South Africa Trade and Investment summit in Munyonyo, Mcebisi Hubert Jonas, the MTN Group chairman said the telecom company will be
supporting a local smart phone assembly factory. He said: “In the near future we will procuring a million handsets from that factory to ensure that it is viable and that it survives.”
He added: “So we can say without any fear of contradiction that this conference has been very successful. I think that there is a great appreciation of the institutional quality in Uganda.
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