Kenya has launched a smartphone assembling plant with a capacity to produce up to 3 million mobile phones annually to expand digital access, Kenya’s President William Ruto said. The mobile handsets are being assembled by a collaboration of three companies: Safaricom, Jamii Telecommunications, and Chinese dealer Shenzhen TeleOne Technology.

Kenya launches smartphone assembly plant to produce 4G-enabled devices

The Government will prioritise the production of affordable smart devices to boost digital access.President William Ruto said the move will expose Kenyans to broader and better opportunities.He noted that going digital on a large-scale will spur the country's growth.

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The Safaricom-led consortium assembling smartphones in Kenya has asked President William Ruto’s administration for subsidies similar to the fertiliser programme after its first set of gadgets ended up being costlier than what is currently available in the market.

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Likewise, when public services are eventually privatised, Kenyans will pay more, both as a taxpayer and directly, for government services such as water, electricity, transport, education and healthcare. The quality of these services will also suffer, as it has done in other places, thanks to privatisation.

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President William Ruto on Monday launched the East Africa Device Assembly Kenya Limited (Eadak) factory in Athi River, Machakos County, making it the first mobile phone assembly facility in Kenya.

Ruto unveils first phone assembly plant

He spoke when he presided over the official launching of East Africa Device Assembly Kenya, a local innovative devices manufacturer located in Athi River, Machakos County on Monday.The president also presided over the unveiling of the company’s smart digital mobile devices of Neon Smarter and Neon Ultra brands.

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NAIROBI, Oct. 30 (Xinhua) -- Kenyan President William Ruto on Monday launched a smartphone assembly plant that is a joint venture between Kenyan telecom companies -- Safaricom and Jamii Telecom -- and Chinese mobile device dealer Shenzhen TeleOne Technology.

Kenyan telecom firms partner with Chinese firm to launch smartphone assembly plant

East Africa Device Assembly Kenya (EADAK) Limited has opened this week. It’s Kenya’s first local smartphone assembly plant. The significance of the launch didn’t evade the political classes or senior telecoms executives. President William Ruto unveiled the new plant on Monday. Safaricom CEO Peter Ndegwa also attended the unveiling.

Kenya launches its first local smartphone assembly plant

The device assembly factory was set-up as a joint venture of local Mobile Network Operators and International device manufacturers..

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Kenya assembled Smartphone unveiled. EADAK has the Ministry of Health as first clients with 100,000 phones bought.

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