Over the last few years, it has become more and more obvious that mobile phones are here to stay, one of the phone networks that has found a way of penetrating the Nigerian market as a result of it multi functionality, price and ease of access is TECNO.
The group vice-president, Arif Chowdhury, plans to build a plant in Lagos, Nigeria to manufacture mobile phones. Speaking at the launch of its latest smart phone series, TECNO P3, on yesterday in Lagos, Chowdhury said that “Nigeria is TECNO’s biggest market in terms of volume and Lagos will be the location of the plant because Lagos is not just the commercial nerve centre of Nigeria but also the economic capital of Africa.”
He disclosed that the company was still waiting for right policies of government on duty structure for mobile phone import to finalize their plans in building the plant.
Speaking on the proposed plant, the Public Relations Manager of TECNO, Boukali Mounir, said the company was keen on building the plant in Nigeria not just to advance its economic interest, but also to show that the company was interested in having long term investment in Nigeria and to give back to the society.
Building the new phone plant will generate employment opportunities for Nigerians and that the company wants to be seen as a long term investor and do more than selling phones, he said.
The TECNO P3 launched in partnership with Etisalat is an entry-level smartphone that runs on Android 2.3G operating system, and powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon MSM7225A processor to offer users the best 3G smartphone experience, good battery life, and easy access to the Internet and multiple social networks.
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