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Mara Group announces first African-made smartphone delreport.com/2018/11/10/mar… @MaraGrp @AshishJThakkar @AfDB_Group #AfricaInvestmentForum #smartphone #Africa

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. bit.ly/2PktuLx

#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 bold, strong and innovative. Africa's time is now', President of @AfDB_Group @akin_adesina at the launch of #Africa's first ever built mobile phone, Mara phone. #AfricaInvestmentForum

"#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

Congratulations to the new Secretary General of La #Francophonie , Rwanda's Louise Mushikiwabo @LMushikiwabo

@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.

@MaraGrp @Marafoundation @AshishJThakkar @RonaKotecha Is the book available on Kindle?

"It will also change your perception of Africa -for good!" Sir Richard Branson, Founder, Virgin Group ashishjthakkar.com/the-lion-awake…

In The Lion Awakes, Ashish brings Africa-with it's dynamism and incredible potential-to life. Dominic Barton, Global MD McKinsey ashishjthakkar.com/the-lion-awake…

The journey of a young African entrepreneur, The Lion Awakes ashishjthakkar.com/the-lion-awake…

Make The Lion Awakes your next read ashishjthakkar.com/the-lion-awake… @Marafoundation @AshishJThakkar @RonaKotecha

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

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